• About Us
  • Who Are We
  • Work With Us
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
No Result
View All Result
The Globe Post
39 °f
New York
44 ° Fri
46 ° Sat
40 ° Sun
41 ° Mon
No Result
View All Result
The Globe Post
No Result
View All Result
Home World

In World First, Polish Pharmaceutical Company Produces Plasma-Derived COVID Drug

Anya Ruppert by Anya Ruppert
08/18/20
in World
Biomed Lublin launches production of COVID-19  cure. Photo: AFP

Biomed Lublin launches production of COVID-19 cure. Photo: AFP

Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Polish pharmaceutical company Biomed Lublin has started producing a coronavirus drug from human plasma with COVID-19 antibodies.

“From today, it will be about two months until the release of the anti-SARS-CoV-2 immunoglobulin [antibodies] for clinical trials,” Biomed management board member Piotr Fic said at a press conference at the medical university in Lublin in eastern Poland. “We will be able to release the drug for clinical trials, probably by the end of October.”

In late July, the company planned to collect more than 80 liters of plasma from nine regional blood donation centers. Now, a total of 150 liters have been collected to begin production.

The production of the first batch of the first in the world #medicine for #COVID19 began on Tuesday, @BiomedLublin, the #pharmaceutical company based in #Lublin, eastern #Poland, announced.
More:https://t.co/XhYMa3djNt pic.twitter.com/gEUxjH4QYy

— TVP World (@TVPWorld_com) August 18, 2020

According to The American Journal of Pathology, several case studies have found the “administration of convalescent plasma as a safe treatment option for those with severe COVID-19 disease.”

Importantly, the severity of the coronavirus pandemic has allowed the drug registration procedure to take place in 150 days instead of the standard 210 days.

Co-financed by Poland’s Medical Research Agency, the drug will be tested by the Institute of Haematology and Transfusion Medicine in the country’s capital.

Biomed prepares to produce 3,000 doses that will be distributed to the Independent Public Clinical Hospital in Lublin, where clinical trials lasting four months will be overseen. After that, the company hopes to produce between 30,000 and 40,000 doses, depending on having sufficient plasma available.

ShareTweet
Anya Ruppert

Anya Ruppert

Related Posts

A general view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.
Opinion

An Inspired Choice to Lead the CDC

by Edward C. Halperin
June 13, 2023
A woman undergoing COVID test in China
Featured

Soaring Covid Cases Shine Light on China’s Healthcare Gap

by Staff Writer
January 11, 2023
European Medicines Agency
World

EU Watchdog Approves Second Covid Booster for Over 80s

by Staff Writer
April 6, 2022
WHO
World

WHO Urges Rich Countries to Pay Up for Covid Plan

by Staff Writer
February 9, 2022
Poland border wall
Refugees

Poland Begins Work on New EU-Belarus Border Wall

by Staff Writer
January 25, 2022
Mask making
National

US Sets Global Record of Over 1 Mn Daily Covid-19 Cases

by Staff Writer
January 4, 2022
Next Post
Malian president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, arriving at the airport in Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso on March 1, 2019.

Mali Coup Leaders Pledge New Elections After Detaining President

Protestors in Minsk rally against the government of President Alexander Lukashenko

'We Stand With Peaceful Demonstrators:' EU Rejects Belarus Election Result

Please login to join discussion

Recommended

Tens of thousands of protestors shut down Fifth Avenue in Manhattan on Saturday, April 5, 2025, protesting the Trump administration's abuse of the separation of federal powers as well as the deep cuts to governmental services overseen by presidential advisor Elon Musk.

Civil Society Is Holding the Line. Will Washington Notice?

June 17, 2025
An Iranian walking in front of a wall painting of the Iranian flag in Tehran

How Much Damage Has Israel Inflicted on Iran’s Nuclear Program?

June 16, 2025
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on November 19, 2017

Israel MPs to Vote on Opposition Bid to Dissolve Parliament

June 11, 2025
Two protesters wave Mexican flags while standing on a vandalized Waymo vehicle during a demonstration in Los Angeles, California, on June 8, 2025, following a series of aggressive federal immigration operations in the city.

Unrest in Los Angeles Over Immigration Raids as Troops Sent by Trump Fan Out

June 9, 2025
US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on August 4, 2020. Photo: Drew Angerer/AFP.

US Steel, Aluminum Tariff Hikes to Take Effect Wednesday: W. House

June 4, 2025
textile workers in Kenya

Workers’ Rights in ‘Free Fall’ Globally: Report

June 2, 2025

Opinion

Tens of thousands of protestors shut down Fifth Avenue in Manhattan on Saturday, April 5, 2025, protesting the Trump administration's abuse of the separation of federal powers as well as the deep cuts to governmental services overseen by presidential advisor Elon Musk.

Civil Society Is Holding the Line. Will Washington Notice?

June 17, 2025
A Black Lives Matter mural in New York City.

Fuhgeddaboudit! America’s Erasure of History

April 2, 2025
Bust of Deputy Rubens Paiva in the Chamber of Deputies

Democratic Brazilians Are Still Here

March 18, 2025
A woman from Guatemala

Dispatch From Central America

January 28, 2025
US President Donald Trump

Dear Trump Supporters: Is This the America You Wanted?

January 28, 2025
Putin talks to Trump in Hamburg

From Roosevelt to Trump: The Complicated Legacy of Personal Diplomacy

November 15, 2024
Facebook Twitter

Newsletter

Do you like our reporting?
SUBSCRIBE

About Us

The Globe Post

The Globe Post is part of Globe Post Media, a U.S. digital news organization that is publishing the world's best targeted news sites.

submit oped

© 2018 The Globe Post

No Result
View All Result
  • National
  • World
  • Business
  • Interviews
  • Lifestyle
  • Democracy at Risk
    • Media Freedom
  • Opinion
    • Editorials
    • Columns
    • Book Reviews
    • Stage
  • Submit Op-ed

© 2018 The Globe Post