Australian biotechnology giant CSL Limited will work with some of its biggest rivals in the blood plasma business to try to develop a potential treatment for patients suffering complications from COVID-19
will work with some of its biggest rivals in the blood plasma business to try to develop a potential treatment for patients suffering complications from COVID-19.
Dr Kong Yuefeng, a recovered COVID-19 patient who has passed his 14-day quarantine, donates plasma in the blood centre in Wuhan.People who have recovered from the coronavirus will have antibodies in their blood that can fight the virus, the alliance said in a statement on Friday.
“This effort aims to accelerate a reliable, scalable and sustainable option for caregivers to treat patients suffering from the impact of COVID-19," he said. Work on a COVID-19 therapy is already underway at each of the companies, and experts from the alliance will start work across plasma collection, clinical trials and development and manufacturing, they said in a statement.The Melbourne-headquartered CSL is one of the largest biotechnology companies in the world and joined the fight against COVID-19 in Februaryto the University of Queensland, which is trying to develop a vaccine for the virus.
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