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ReviewCurrent topics in microbiology and immunology2025

Monoclonal Antibodies and Hyperimmune Immunoglobulins in the Next Pandemic.

Massimo Franchini, Daniele Focosi

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Review in Current topics in microbiology and immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Massimo FranchiniDepartment of Transfusion Medicine and Hematology, Carlo Poma Hospital, Mantua, Italy.
Daniele FocosiNorth-Western Tuscany Blood Bank, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy. daniele.focosi@gmail.com.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pandemics are highly unpredictable events that are generally caused by novel viruses. There is a high likelihood that such novel pathogens belong to entirely novel viral families for which no targeted small-molecule antivirals exist. In addition, small-molecule antivirals often have pharmacokinetic properties that make them contraindicated for the frail patients who are often the most susceptible to a novel virus. Passive immunotherapies-available from the first convalescent patients-can then play a key role in controlling pandemics. Convalescent plasma is immediately available, but if manufacturers have fast platforms to generate marketable drugs, other forms of passive antibody treatment can be produced. In this chapter, we will review the technological platforms for generating monoclonal antibodies and hyperimmune immunoglobulins, the current experience on their use for treatment of COVID-19, and the pipeline for pandemic candidates.

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Antibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, ViralCOVID-19AnimalsCOVID-19 Drug TreatmentCOVID-19 SerotherapyHumansImmunization, PassivePandemicsSARS-CoV-2Antibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, ViralAntibody-based therapyCOVID-19Hyperimmune globulinsHyperimmune serumInfluenzaMonoclonal antibodiesPandemic

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PMID38877202

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