https://www.pharmalive.com/sorrento...-covid-19-that-appears-100-percent-effective/
The company announced on Friday that one of its antibodies, STI-1499, has shown 100% inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 in laboratory tests.
“One of the antibodies is so powerful that at a very low concentration it is able to 100% completely prevent infection or inhibit the infection. In our studies, not even one virus escaped from the antibody.”
The antibody is potentially both a preventative and a treatment. It prevents the virus from binding to the cell it wants to bind to, which means it can’t enter the cell and reproduce.
If approved, Sorrento expects very large demand. Ji indicates that they can produce hundreds of thousands of doses per run, but the demand could climb into the tens of millions of doses needed. As a result, they are looking for manufacturing partners.
The company announced on Friday that one of its antibodies, STI-1499, has shown 100% inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 in laboratory tests.
“One of the antibodies is so powerful that at a very low concentration it is able to 100% completely prevent infection or inhibit the infection. In our studies, not even one virus escaped from the antibody.”
The antibody is potentially both a preventative and a treatment. It prevents the virus from binding to the cell it wants to bind to, which means it can’t enter the cell and reproduce.
If approved, Sorrento expects very large demand. Ji indicates that they can produce hundreds of thousands of doses per run, but the demand could climb into the tens of millions of doses needed. As a result, they are looking for manufacturing partners.
