🧵 A working thread of information about the antibody infusion centers opening in Texas 🧵 #covid19
Thread by #Regeneron (9 tweets)
https://twitter.com/Regeneron/status/1426174873416736776?s=19
The city says the first center closed in May after treating 1,076 patients to keep them out of the hospital with severe COVID-19 symptoms. Previously, it had been giving both Regeneron and Bamlanivimab, depending on availability. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has 1/2
since stopped recommending Bamlanivimab, which was administered mixed with another drug, because it wasn’t fully effective against current variants. 2/2 kxan.com/news/local/aus…
Currently, COVID-19 infusion therapy is dispensed through an IV.
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Company is TFF Pharmaceuticals. The technology was developed by University of Texas researcher Bill Williams. The antibody called Aug-3387 is converted into dry powder and then put inside the inhaler.
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The treatment is aimed mainly at patients whose health conditions, age or weight place them at especially high risk of severe disease. But eligibility includes so many more-moderate risk factors, including merely being overweight... 1/2 bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
2/2 that fully 70% of the U.S. population qualifies. 
@GovAbbott tests positive for #covid19 today and is receiving Regeneron's monoclonal antibody treatment. #regeneron
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