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Lonza to manufacture AstraZeneca’s combination antibody

by Rick Mullin
November 8, 2020 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 98, Issue 43

 

AstraZeneca has contracted with Lonza to manufacture its antibody to prevent and treat COVID-19. A combination of two long-acting antibodies, AZD7442 is in Phase 1 clinical trials, and AstraZeneca anticipates starting Phase 3 trials by year’s end. Under the contract, Lonza, a Swiss pharmaceutical services firm, will produce the antibodies in a new facility at its Portsmouth, New Hampshire, biologics complex in the first half of 2021.

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