{"id":42729,"date":"2021-11-30T17:23:32","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T01:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=42729"},"modified":"2021-11-30T17:23:32","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T01:23:32","slug":"regeneron-says-its-antibody-treatment-may-be-less-effective-against-omicron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=42729","title":{"rendered":"REGENERON SAYS ITS ANTIBODY TREATMENT \u2018MAY BE\u2019 LESS EFFECTIVE AGAINST OMICRON"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Regeneron said Tuesday that its COVID-19 antibody treatment \u201cmay be\u201d less effective against the new omicron variant, though tests are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Big picture:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/tmhjsdwfpllktdtlkbvppkjjpwkrlwlggcpfdmrlhvpcmp_nqrqddfyfnqpfjfywjyy.html?a=&amp;b=45021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/tmhjsdwfpllktdtlkbvppkjjpwkrlwlggcpfdmrlhvpcmp_nqrqddfyfnqpfjfywjyy.html?a%3D%26b%3D45021&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1638407383111000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3UlqC0g6vYOYo_bIXlaRbM\">The statement<\/a>\u00a0shows how the new variant is shaking up the response to COVID-19, though there is still much that is unknown. Experts worry that the current vaccines could also be less effective against the omicron variant, though that has not been confirmed and it is likely some effectiveness will still be maintained.<\/p>\n<p>Regeneron said in a statement that preliminary analyses \u201cindicate that there may be reduced neutralization activity\u201d from its antibody treatment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFurther analyses are ongoing to confirm and quantify this potential impact using the actual Omicron variant sequence,\u201d the company added.<\/p>\n<p>The company added that research is ongoing on other antibody formulations that could maintain effectiveness against the new variant.<\/p>\n<p><strong>On the other hand, Pfizer\u2019s pill could still work well:\u00a0<\/strong>On a separate treatment front, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/pmhdwrftvhhbgrghbymvvbddvfbkhfhsslvtrckhjmvldf_nqrqddfyfnqpfjfywjyy.html?a=&amp;b=45021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/pmhdwrftvhhbgrghbymvvbddvfbkhfhsslvtrckhjmvldf_nqrqddfyfnqpfjfywjyy.html?a%3D%26b%3D45021&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1638407383111000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2E5UTwD_P8bAFAa0BGbjSh\">said Monday<\/a>\u00a0that he has a \u201chigh level of confidence\u201d that the company\u2019s antiviral treatment will still be effective against the omicron variant.<\/p>\n<p>Pfizer\u2019s treatment is in pill form, which could make it easier to administer, while the Regeneron treatment requires infusion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regeneron said Tuesday that its COVID-19&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42729"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42731,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42729\/revisions\/42731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}