EU Signs Deal With GSK for Supply of Potential COVID-19 Drug

EU Signs Deal With GSK for Supply of Potential COVID-19 Drug
A GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) logo is seen at the GSK research centre in Stevenage, Britain, on Nov. 26, 2019. Peter Nicholls/Reuters
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BRUSSELS—The European Union has signed a contract with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) for the supply of up to 220,000 treatments of its investigational monoclonal antibody therapy sotrovimab against COVID-19, it said on Wednesday.

The drug, which is developed together with U.S. firm Vir Biotechnology, can be used for the treatment of high-risk coronavirus patients with mild symptoms who do not require supplemental oxygen, according to the Commission.