Takeda to Initiate the Development of Plasma-Derived Therapy to Treat Corona Virus (COVID-19)
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- Takeda initiates the development of an anti-SARS-CoV-2 polyclonal hyperimmune globulin (H-IG)- TAK-888 for the treatment of high-risk individuals with COVID-19 and evaluates its marketed and pipeline products as viable candidates for COVID-19
- Takeda is currently working with multiple national health and regulatory agencies in the US- EU- and Asia to expedite the research of TAK-888
- H-IG works by concentrating the pathogen-specific Ab from plasma collected from recovered patients/vaccinated donors in the future. Takeda will initially produce the therapy in a segregated area within its manufacturing facility in Georgia
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