The monoclonal antibody sotrovimab, known as Xevudy, has been approved by the Medicines and

approved by UK regulators. Xevudy( sotrovimab), made by pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline( GSK

A further 4.25 million courses of Covid antivirals have been secured for the UK in a bid to help tackle Omicron The new deals have been accelerated in light of the new variant, with the aim of protecting vulnerable people over the coming months.It is hoped the move will help reduce hospital admissions and therefore ease pressures on the NHS Antivirals are used to either treat those who are infected with a virus or sometimes protect someone who has been exposed from becoming infected. They target

Scientists believe they may have found the" trigger" behind the extremely rare blood clot complications stemming from the Oxford/ AstraZeneca vaccine. The team-in Cardiff and the US-have shown in exquisite detail how a protein in the blood is attracted to a key component of the vaccine. They think this kicks off a chain reaction, involving the immune system, that can culminate in dangerous clots. Professor Alan Parker, from Cardiff University's School of Medicine, said:"[ This] only happens in e