GlaxoSmithKline says laboratory analysis of the antibody-based COVID-19 therapy it is developing with U.S. partner Vir has indicated the drug is effective against the new Omicron variant
has indicated the drug is effective against the new Omicron variant, the British drugmaker said on Thursday.
"We've been carefully following every mutation that might be important," said Herbert Virgin, Vir's Chief Scientific Officer. For confirmation, a pseudovirus with all of the Omicron mutations is now being tested, with an update expected by the end of the year, GSK added in its statement.
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