UAE First Country To Approve New Treatment

Publish date: Sunday، 30 May 2021

According to the Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP), Sotrovimab, COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for emergency use only making the UAE the first country in the world to licence its use.

The UAE first country in the world to use the medicine 'Sotrovimab-vir-7831' against Covid-19#COVID_19 #TogetherWeRecover #TogetherForYourWellness #ChoosetoVaccinate #PfizerBiontech @mohapuae pic.twitter.com/xwR1EmPjy3
— UAE Forsan (@UAE_Forsan) May 29, 2021

This comes after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave an emergency use authorization to the antibody treatment.

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The latest update of Coronavirus (Covid 19) in the UAE
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— وزارة الصحة ووقاية المجتمع - MOHAP UAE (@mohapuae) May 29, 2021

Sotrovimab, provided by healthcare company GSK, can reduce hospitalization of patients for more than 24 hours and fatalities by as much as 85 per cent when administered as an early treatment for COVID-19.

It can now be used with patients aged 12 years and above with mild to moderate symptoms of the coronavirus who are at risk of hospitalization or death.

In pre-clinical studies, Sotrovimab has demonstrated effectiveness as a monotherapy against widely circulating variants of the disease.

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UAE First Country To Approve New Treatment

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