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What is infliximab, recently seen in news?

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 29 April 2021

What is infliximab, recently seen in news?

A. Anti-TNF biologic drug

B. Vaccine made by Germany

C. Israel nuclear bomber

D. NASA’s biggest space craft

Explanation:

People who take a commonly-prescribed drug for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) should not assume they are protected after a first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, say the authors of a large-scale study that found many had poor antibody responses. The research measured antibody responses after vaccination with the Pfizer-BioNTech or the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in 865 people treated with infliximab, an anti-tumour necrosis factor (anti-TNF) biologic drug, prescribed to around two million people worldwide.

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