China seeks plasma from recovered patients as coronavirus treatment

China seeks plasma from recovered patients as coronavirus treatment

The Straits Times - Asia·2020-02-14 13:31

BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) - China's state-owned medical products maker is collecting plasma from the blood of people who have recovered from the coronavirusafter discovering it helped critically ill patients.

China National Biotec Group has been using this plasma, which contains highly potent antibodies, to treat more than 10 seriously ill patients since Feb 8, the company said in an statement on its official WeChat account Thursday night (Feb 13).

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