Limerick-based company to begin trials of a potential Covid-19 treatment

The rapid spread of Covid-19 around the globe has led to a flood of announcements from drug companies touting potential treatments for the still incurable disease.

A Limerick-based company is aiming to begin human trials of a Covid-19 treatment by early summer.

New York biotech firm Regeneron, which has a major industrial operations centre in the former Dell factory in Raheen, has identified hundreds of virus-neutralising antibodies and plans to begin large-scale manufacturing of doses next month.