COVID-19 antibodies advance and get US funding
9 October 2020 21:30 BST COVID-19 Long-Acting AntiBody (LAAB) combination AZD7442rapidly advances into Phase III clinical trials Two trials of AZD7442 will enrol over 6,000 adults for the prevention of COVID-19 withadditional trials enrolling ~4,000 adults for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infections US Government to invest ~$486m for development and supply of up to 100,000 doses and can acquire another one million doses AstraZeneca's long-acting antibody (LAAB) combination, AZD7442, will advance into two Phase III clinical trials in more than 6,000 participants at sites in