Vir Biotechnology made headlines in 2021 for its work with GlaxoSmithKline on a treatment for COVID-19, and again in 2022 for its work with the US government on influenza.
GlaxoSmithKline and Vir's Xevudy has become the latest COVID-19 antibody therapy to have its use restricted by the FDA as a result of waning activity against new variants of the virus.
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.
