AstraZeneca files for US approval of drug to prevent Covid-19

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AstraZeneca said on Tuesday it had submitted a request with US health regulators to grant emergency use authorisation for a new treatment to prevent Covid-19.

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The British drugmaker had said in August that the treatment, an antibody therapy called AZD7442, had reduced the risk of people developing any Covid-19 symptoms by 77 per cent in a late-stage trial.

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