New SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody enters clinical phase
Credit: NIAID Cologne, Marburg, Braunschweig and Ingelheim, Germany, 18 December 2020 - Cologne University Hospital (UKK), University of Marburg (UMR), the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) and Boehringer Ingelheim today announced the initiation of Phase 1/2a clinical investigation of BI 767551, a new SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody. By combining UKK, UMR and DZIF's expertise in virology, immunology and clinical investigation with Boehringer Ingelheim's expertise in developing and manufacturing therapeutic antibodies, the partners developed BI 767551 as a potential new therapeutic ...