Covid-19 antibody therapy meets endpoint

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A combination antibody treatment for Covid-19 has met its primary endpoint of improving  survival in patients hospitalised with the disease, the developer Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc announced on 16 June. The treatment, REGEN-COV, is a combination of the monoclonal antibodies casirivimab and imdevimab, which are both investigational compounds. The US Food and Drug Administration has given the combination treatment an emergency use authorisation.