Regeneron CEO is a member of Trump’s golf club

The CEO of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, the company that has seen its shares rise after Donald Trump was treated with its experimental antibody drug treatment, is a New York billionaire who is member of one of the president’s golf clubs.   Shares of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals were up 2 percent on Thursday after Trump credited the company’s experimental antibody drug treatment with aiding his … Read more

Trump’s Regeneron antibody drug was developed with cells derived from fetus

Donald Trump‘s antibody treatment was developed with cells which are ultimately derived from an aborted fetus, it has emerged.  The Regeneron ‘antibody cocktail’ administered to the president was tested using a supply of HEK 293T human cells, which have been cloned and modified in science labs for decades but originate from the kidney of an aborted … Read more

Regeneron aims to make 300K doses of covid antibody drug this fall

The US could have up to 300,000 doses of Regeneron’s antibody treatment for coronavirus this fall, White House officials and the company said Thursday.  ‘We’ve applied the same methods to supporting therapeutics [as the government has to vaccine development] too,’ Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary Alex Azar said during a Thursday Goldman … Read more

Experts slam Donald Trump’s ‘irresponsible’ claim that he was cured of coronavirus by Regeneron

Donald Trump was given the experimental antibody treatment REGN-COV2 as well as a host of other drugs to treat his coronavirus infection Experts have slammed Donald Trump‘s ‘irresponsible’ claim that he was cured of coronavirus by an experimental drug made by the US pharmaceutical firm Regeneron. The President praised the unproven antibody medication, called REGN-COV2, … Read more

Trump tweets Rose Garden video claiming he has been ‘cured’ of COVID by Regeneron

President Donald Trump tweeted about a video shot from the White House Rose Garden where he says he has been ‘cured’ by the experimental drug Regeneron – then pitched the medication and promised to make it available to all Americans. The president released the outdoor statement Wednesday evening, after being out of sight for more … Read more

Experimental Regeneron drug used to treat Trump showed promise in trials

President Donald Trump is being treated with an experimental coronavirus antibody cocktail developed by Regeneron, the White House revealed Friday.  ‘Following PCR-confirmation of the President’s diagnosis, as a precautionary measure, he received a single 8 gram dose of Regneron’s polyclonal antibody cocktail,’ wrote physician to the president, Dr Sean Conley, in a White House memo.  … Read more