Covid-19: a promising alternative to the vaccine – Franceinfo

Anne Hinaux, who has had a kidney transplant, is immunocompromised: his body cannot make antibodies. She received three doses of vaccine against Covid-19, but without success. “I have a vaccination certificate, but it’s not worth anything since I’m not protected”, she explains. Instead of the vaccine, she therefore hopes for a more effective treatment, based on synthetic antibodies. The health authorities have just validated its use as a preventive measure for the most fragile people. She will benefit from it.

The principle of the treatment is known. For the Covid-19, we inject targeted antibodies that will bind to the coronavirus and neutralize it. “These are well-tolerated molecules that are there to give a form of immunity that has been transferred to us and that allows us to protect ourselves for a while “, comments Hervé Watier, professor of immunology. For the High authority health, these promising therapies should remain reserved for very immunocompromised patients, ie 130,000 people in France.