On January 25, the official website of the State Food and Drug Administration announced that my country's self-developed new drug omitevirumab injection was approved for marketing.

According to the news, recently, the State Drug Administration approved the listing of omitevirumab injection (English name: Ormutivimab Injection) declared by North China Pharmaceutical Group New Drug Research and Development Co., Ltd. through the priority review and approval process. The developed recombinant human anti-rabies virus monoclonal antibody injection is used for passive immunization of adult rabies virus exposed persons.
Olmotevirumab injection contains high titer anti-rabies virus monoclonal antibody NM57 (IgG1 subtype), which can specifically neutralize the linear neutralizing antigenic epitope in the conservative antigenic site I of rabies virus glycoprotein, thereby preventing Rabies virus infects tissue cells and plays a role in preventing rabies. The listing of this breed provides a new option for passive immunization of rabies virus exposed persons.