The UK medicines regulator has approved GlaxoSmithKline and Vir Biotech's antibody for COVID-19, Xevudy, which has been shown to be effective against the new Omicron strain of SARS-CoV-2 in
The US has made a sizeable order for GlaxoSmithKline and Vir Biotechnology's antibody-based COVID-19 treatment sotrovimab said to be worth approximately $1 billion.