QuantBioRes is working on a treatment not a vaccine, but CEO says tennis star is ‘not anti-vax’
Novak Djokovic is the controlling shareholder in a Danish biotech firm aiming to develop a treatment for Covid-19 that does not involve vaccination, it has emerged.after the government cancelled his visa in a dispute over a medical exemption relating to his unvaccinated status, bought an 80% stake in QuantBioRes in 2020.
Ivan Loncarevic, the company’s chief executive, confirmed the investment to Reuters.
Djokovic, who may also be barred from defending his French Open title in Roland Garros in May after the French government ruled on Monday thatin order to attend and compete in sporting events, acquired his stake in the company in June 2020. The company is developing a peptide, which inhibits the coronavirus from infecting the human cell, and it expects to launch clinical trials in Britain this summer, Loncarevic said.
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