UK’s Regulator Approves First Drug Designed Specifically to Tackle COVID-19

Health Secretary Sajid Javid during a visit to the Bournemouth Vaccination Centre, in Bournemouth, Dorset, UK, on Aug. 4, 2021. Steve Parsons/PA

The medicines regulator has approved use of the first treatment in the UK using man-made antibodies to prevent and fight COVID-19.

Health Secretary Sajid Javid said approval of the first drug designed specifically for COVID-19 in the country is “fantastic news” and he hopes it can be rolled out for patients on the NHS “as soon as possible.”