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Health September 29, 2021 | 2:33 pm

Dominican Republic introduces drug REGEN-COV for treatment of COVID-19

The Ministry of Public Health acquired a new high-cost drug for the treatment of COVID-19, which prevents the admission of patients to intensive care. Regen-Cov combines the monoclonal antibodies casirivimab and imdevimab, two types of potent virus-neutra... Read more

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