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There are no privileges just for the President of the United States! This is the last message from Donald Trump (74). He promised his compatriots the same drug treatment with antibodies that he received. Only the supposed miracle drug has not yet been approved. Trump wants to sign an extraordinary permit for the rapid use of drugs as soon as possible. The president said in a video released Wednesday.
The drug is the REGN-COV2 antibody cocktail, which is being developed by the American biotechnology company Regeneron. In mid-August, pharmaceutical companies Regeneron and Roche agreed to join forces in the fight against the coronavirus. The two companies decided to jointly develop, manufacture and sell the Regeneron Antibody Cocktail around the world. And now, of all people, crown patient Trump swears by the cocktail! The “therapeutic agent” “cured” him, says Trump.
“God’s blessing”
The president had been treated with the still experimental drug Regeneron last week. Then it felt “great” in 24 hours, Trump enthused. “I feel perfect. I want you to get what I have, and I’ll get it for free.” There are “hundreds of thousands of doses.” However, it is not clear how the approval process for these new drugs can be expedited. As reported by “Handelszeitung”, the Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche will take over the distribution of REGN-COV2 outside the United States.
It was a “blessing from God” that he was sick with Covid-19, Trump said. This made him aware of the antibody treatment. He asked for this himself. “I call it a cure,” said the president, who, in addition to medicines that were not available to ordinary citizens, also had several top-level doctors around the clock. In the United States, more than 211,000 people have died after being infected with coronavirus.
Trump’s ties to Regeneron
The US president’s conviction that the experimental REGN-COV2 antibody cocktail had cured him sent the prices of manufacturer Regeneron’s archives skyrocketing. Today the stock costs 60 percent more than at the beginning of the year.
It also highlights the relationship between President Trump and Regeneron CEO Leonard Schleifer. Trump and the billionaire are good friends. Schleifer is a member of Trump’s Golf Club in Westchester, New York. Regeneron also received $ 450 million in government funding in July as part of Trump’s Operatio Warp Speed to develop a vaccine and other drugs to treat Covid-19 as soon as possible.
According to US media reports, Trump is said to have included Regeneron stock on his 2017 asset list. This year’s asset list does not include shares in the New York-based pharmaceutical company.
