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Biologics

Amgen and Adaptive pursue COVID-19 antibody therapy

by Ryan Cross
April 10, 2020 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 98, Issue 14

 

Amgen and Adaptive Biotechnologies will work together to identify and develop an antibody therapy for COVID-19. Adaptive aims to screen tens of thousands of antibodies produced by B cells in people who have recovered from COVID-19 and find ones that neutralize the virus that causes it, SARS-CoV-2. Amgen will develop and manufacture the best antibodies to test as therapies. Adaptive is also expandinga collaboration with Microsoft to study how T cells respond to the viral infection.

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