Monoclonal antibody therapy This is a combination of antibodies, made by the company Regeneron, which mimic our own immune response. The antibodies physically stick to the coronavirus so they can't get inside the body's cells and they make the virus more "visible" to the rest of the immune system. Regeneron's treatment was developed using cells derived from an aborted foetus, which are used to test the antibodies' ability to neutralise the coronavirus. The Trump administration suspended federal funding in 2019 for future projects using foetal tissue from abortions. The cells used in Regeneron's treatment were from a foetus aborted in the 1970s, so predating that move. Last week, the company published results on its website showing the cocktail reduced the amount of virus in the body as well as the time it took patients to recover. However, this was in people who did not need hospital treatment and the data has not been seen by scientists or doctors. The approach makes scientific sense and there is huge hope it will be effective. However, the evidence in patients is still very limited and these monoclonals are still classed as an experimental drug - clinical trials are ongoing. The president is one of only a handful of people outside those trials to undergo the treatment under what is known as "compassionate use". I am aware that "compassionate use" is used for a range of medicines that somehow are know to provide a healing or mitigating effects yet have not undergone the full testing procedures. Obviously, people who suffer the illnesses that can be treated would recur to the black market or to other countries if denied their medicines at home and would be ripped off in the process. That would be the perfect legal loophole to apply these high-cost not widely available medicines to specific people who can pay for them and have access to preferential treatment. I am thinking of two presidents now.
Monoclonal antibody therapy This is a combination of antibodies, made by the company Regeneron, which mimic our own immune response. The antibodies physically stick to the coronavirus so they can't get inside the body's cells and they make the virus more "visible" to the rest of the immune system. Regeneron's treatment was developed using cells derived from an aborted foetus, which are used to test the antibodies' ability to neutralise the coronavirus. The Trump administration suspended federal funding in 2019 for future projects using foetal tissue from abortions. The cells used in Regeneron's treatment were from a foetus aborted in the 1970s, so predating that move. Last week, the company published results on its website showing the cocktail reduced the amount of virus in the body as well as the time it took patients to recover. However, this was in people who did not need hospital treatment and the data has not been seen by scientists or doctors. The approach makes scientific sense and there is huge hope it will be effective. However, the evidence in patients is still very limited and these monoclonals are still classed as an experimental drug - clinical trials are ongoing. The president is one of only a handful of people outside those trials to undergo the treatment under what is known as "compassionate use". I am aware that "compassionate use" is used for a range of medicines that somehow are know to provide a healing or mitigating effects yet have not undergone the full testing procedures. Obviously, people who suffer the illnesses that can be treated would recur to the black market or to other countries if denied their medicines at home and would be ripped off in the process. That would be the perfect legal loophole to apply these high-cost not widely available medicines to specific people who can pay for them and have access to preferential treatment. I am thinking of two presidents now.

Monoclonal antibody therapy This is a combination of antibodies, made by the company Regeneron, which mimic our own immune response. The antibodies physically stick to the coronavirus so they can't get inside the body's cells and they make the virus more "visible" to the rest of the immune system. Regeneron's treatment was developed using cells derived from an aborted foetus, which are used to test the antibodies' ability to neutralise the coronavirus. The Trump administration suspended federal funding in 2019 for future projects using foetal tissue from abortions. The cells used in Regeneron's treatment were from a foetus aborted in the 1970s, so predating that move. Last week, the company published results on its website showing the cocktail reduced the amount of virus in the body as well as the time it took patients to recover. However, this was in people who did not need hospital treatment and the data has not been seen by scientists or doctors. The approach makes scientific sense and there is huge hope it will be effective. However, the evidence in patients is still very limited and these monoclonals are still classed as an experimental drug - clinical trials are ongoing. The president is one of only a handful of people outside those trials to undergo the treatment under what is known as "compassionate use". I am aware that "compassionate use" is used for a range of medicines that somehow are know to provide a healing or mitigating effects yet have not undergone the full testing procedures. Obviously, people who suffer the illnesses that can be treated would recur to the black market or to other countries if denied their medicines at home and would be ripped off in the process. That would be the perfect legal loophole to apply these high-cost not widely available medicines to specific people who can pay for them and have access to preferential treatment. I am thinking of two presidents now.

Monoclonal antibody therapy This is a combination of antibodies, made by the company Regeneron, which mimic our own immune response. The antibodies physically stick to the coronavirus so they can't get inside the body's cells and they make the virus more "visible" to the rest of the immune system. Regeneron's treatment was developed using cells derived from an aborted foetus, which are used to test the antibodies' ability to neutralise the coronavirus. The Trump administration suspended federal funding in 2019 for future projects using foetal tissue from abortions. The cells used in Regeneron's treatment were from a foetus aborted in the 1970s, so predating that move. Last week, the company published results on its website showing the cocktail reduced the amount of virus in the body as well as the time it took patients to recover. However, this was in people who did not need hospital treatment and the data has not been seen by scientists or doctors. The approach makes scientific sense and there is huge hope it will be effective. However, the evidence in patients is still very limited and these monoclonals are still classed as an experimental drug - clinical trials are ongoing. The president is one of only a handful of people outside those trials to undergo the treatment under what is known as "compassionate use". I am aware that "compassionate use" is used for a range of medicines that somehow are know to provide a healing or mitigating effects yet have not undergone the full testing procedures. Obviously, people who suffer the illnesses that can be treated would recur to the black market or to other countries if denied their medicines at home and would be ripped off in the process. That would be the perfect legal loophole to apply these high-cost not widely available medicines to specific people who can pay for them and have access to preferential treatment. I am thinking of two presidents now.