Bharat Biotech to lead project to develop human antibodies for COVID-19
"We are fast-tracking the development process, to make the antibodies available within the next 6 months and thus improve the treatment efficacy," said Dr Krishna Ella, Chairman and Managing Director, Bharat Biotech.;
Hyderabad: Leading vaccine maker Bharat Biotech on Friday said it will lead CSIR-NMITLI supported project to develop human antibodies for COVID-19 therapy.
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) under its New Millennium Indian Technology Leadership Initiative (NMITLI) has sanctioned a project to develop human monoclonal antibodies as therapy for COVID-19 infections.
The project will be led by Bharat Biotech, a Hyderabad-based manufacturer of vaccines and bio-therapeutics which exports its products to over 65 countries.
"We are fast-tracking the development process, to make the antibodies available within the next 6 months and thus improve the treatment efficacy," said Dr Krishna Ella, Chairman and Managing Director, Bharat Biotech.
He said while both Israel and Netherlands recently announced the development of virus-neutralizing antibodies, their approach would be to develop a powerful cocktail of neutralizing antibodies that can also simultaneously block mutational variants of the virus.
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