New York
To great evils, great means and experimental remedies.
Helicoptered Friday afternoon from the White House to Walter Reed Military Medical Center, in the northern suburbs of Washington, after being contaminated by the coronavirus, Donald Trump was urgently administered an experimental therapeutic cocktail based on two synthetic antibodies, Regeneron and Remdesivir.
Regarding the first product, "
these are proteins whose role is to" jump "on the virus and help the human body to strengthen its defenses
", explains Leonard Schleifer, CEO of the firm Regeneron.
Currently being validated, this drug, of which Trump received the highest dose (8 grams), has not yet been approved by the US health authorities of the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA).
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“
I approve of this decision
, however, said Pete Hotez, of the Baylor College of Medicine, in Houston (Texas).
There is a high probability that this cocktail is safe, but the
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