Another COVID-19 antibody-drug has been given emergency use approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The said drug was developed by GlaxoSmithKline and Vir Biotechnology.
Before COVID vaccine, convalescent plasma was used to treat patients. How is it being used today?
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LOS ANGELES (KABC) Long before vaccines, the focus was on a handful of COVID-19 treatments that provided glimmers of hope. The first to emerge was convalescent plasma. It offered a way for survivors to help those still suffering.
Golden plasma, teeming with precious antibodies, was tilled from the donated blood of coronavirus survivors - like now-retired LAPD Cmdr. Cory Palka.
The 34-year police veteran donated at American Red Cross centers three times before his antibodies waned. Through donating blood, plasma and my organs.I think there s no greater testament to my faith and to my life of caring for others, he said.
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