Cipla and Roche India have launched Roche India’s antibody drug cocktail in India for treating delicate to reasonable COVID-19 circumstances. “Roche India and Cipla today announced that the first batch of the Antibody Cocktail (Casirivimab and Imdevimab) is now available in India,” Cipla mentioned in a regulatory submitting to the inventory exchanges.
The second batch of the antibody cocktail shall be made accessible by mid-June, Cipla added.
Umang Vohra, Managing Director and Global CEO, Cipla mentioned, “We are guided by our strong sense of responsibility to address unmet patient need and look forward to leveraging our solid marketing and distribution strengths in India to provide broader, equitable access to this innovative treatment option in the country”.
Monoclonal antibodies mimic the immune system’s potential to combat off viruses and different dangerous pathogens. The antibody cocktail shall be administered to adults and pediatric sufferers (12 years of age or older, weighing not less than 40 kg) who’re contaminated with SARS-COV2 and are at excessive threat of growing extreme COVID-19 illness.
The value of every affected person dose (600 mg of Casirivimab and 600 mg of Imdevimab) shall be Rs 59,750 and a multi-dose pack (every pack can deal with two sufferers) will value Rs 1,19,500.
The antibody drug cocktail shall be accessible at main hospitals and Covid remedy facilities throughout the nation.
At 12:00 pm, Cipla shares have been buying and selling mildly within the constructive at Rs 932.35 on the BSE.