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Japan Becomes First Country to Approve Regeneron Antibody Cocktail (casirivimab and imdevimab) for the Treatment of Mild to Moderate COVID-19
July 20, 2021 GMT
TARRYTOWN, N.Y., July 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: REGN) today announced that Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has approved Regeneron’s casirivimab and imdevimab antibody cocktail to treat patients with mild to moderate COVID-19. This marks the first time the antibody cocktail, known as REGEN-COVTM in the U.S. and Ronapreve™ in other countries, has received a full approval to treat COVID-19. Emergency or temporary pandemic use authorizations are currently in place in more than 20 countries, including in the U.S., European Union, India, Switzerland and Canada.