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US left with 63 million doses of anti-malarial drug after FDA revoked its
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 19 (ANI): The US federal government is now left with 63 million doses of hydroxychloroquine sulfate (HCQ) in its stockpile after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) earlier this week, revoked the permission for use of anti-malarial drug in treating COVID-19
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Lancet study is not randomised clinical trial, only analysis of hospital r
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): Dismissing the reports of health risks from Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) as per simmering reports cited by the World Health Organisation (WHO), Shekher Mande, Director General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India, said on Wednesday t
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Nancy Pelosi calls Trump 'morbidly obese', says he shouldn't take hydroxyc
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 19 (ANI): House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday criticized President Donald Trump for taking hydroxychloroquine--an anti-malarial drug which is believed to be helpful in keeping away from coronavirus infection but has not been approved by scientists, adding that he
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Hydroxychloroquine --promoted by Trump as Covid 'game changer'-- linked to
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 17 (ANI): Clinical trials of the anti-malarial drug or hydroxychloroquine, which gained prominence overnight after being promoted by US President Donald Trump as a 'game changer' in the fight against Covid-19, have been significantly linked to cardiac problems and
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Combating COVID-19: India has provided 2.8 mn HCQ, 1.9 mn paracetamol tabl
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 30 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday said that India has provided 2.8 million hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) tablets, an anti-malarial drug, deemed useful in dealing with COVID-19, and 1.9 million paracetamol tablets as part of its assistance to oth
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First shipment of hydroxychloroquine from India en route to UAE
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): The first shipment of medical equipment, carrying 5.5 million tablets of hydroxychloroquine -- an anti-malarial drug identified by the US Food and Drug Administration as a possible treatment for the COVID-19 -- is currently on its way to the United Arab
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Avoid intake of 'hydroxychloroquine' without approval from doctor, says AI
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 12 (ANI): AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria on Sunday warned the general public against the use of hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial drug deemed to be useful in dealing with COVID-19, without proper approval from doctors, stating that it can be harmful leading
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Hydroxychloroquine not approved as anti-malarial drug in India, says Ipca
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 11 (ANI): The Joint Managing Director of Ipca Laboratories Ajit Kumar Jain on Saturday said that hydroxychloroquine is not approved as an anti-malarial drug in India.
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Pakistan remains undecided on release of anti-malarial drugs, bans export
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 11 (ANI): Pakistan has re-imposed the ban on export of all anti malaria drugs including hydroxychloroquine or HCQ, touted as a potential treatment for the coronavirus, four days after it lifted the hold on them.
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Pharmaceutical industry produces 20 cr hydroxychloroquine tablets this mon
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], April 11 (ANI): With the surge in demand for hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial drug deemed to be useful in dealing with COVID-19, the pharmaceutical industry has produced 20 crore HCQ tablets this month, said Pankaj Patel, CEO of Zydus Cadila in Ahmedabad, on
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Efforts being made to speed up production of hydroxychloroquine in Himacha
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Baddi (Himachal Pradesh) [India], April 11 (ANI): With the demand for hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial drug, rising substantially in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, efforts are being made to speed up its production in Himachal Pradesh.
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Maldives foreign minister thanks India for 'approving' his country's reque
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], April 11 (ANI): Foreign Minister of Maldives, Abdulla Shahid, on Friday (local time) thanked India for approving his country's request for hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), an anti-malarial drug, deemed useful in dealing with COVID-19.
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