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Pak attempts to pump more narcotics as India grapples with COVID, 47 pc ri
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 24 (ANI): At a time when the whole world is grappling with COVID-19 pandemic, Pakistan is busy sending contraband drugs to India smuggled through Indo-Pak borders. Apart from sending illegal consignments of narcotics and drugs, our Western neighbour is also indulged i
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Ayush Ministry will clear stance on Patanjali's COVID-19 medicines after r
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 24 (ANI): MoS for the Union Ayush Ministry Shripad Naik on Wednesday said that his Ministry will clear its stance on pharmaceutical giant Patanjali's newly-launched ayurvedic drugs 'Coronil and Swasari' for the novel coronavirus after reviewing the report sent by i
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India pledges USD 10 mn to UNRWA for next two years, to send medical shipm
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 24 (ANI): India on Tuesday pledged USD 10 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and said that New Delhi will donate life-saving drugs to Palestine to help them in combatting the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Gilead Sciences to start trials of inhaled version of remdesivir
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
California [USA], June 23 (ANI): US-based biopharmaceutical major Gilead Sciences will soon start clinical trials for inhaled formulation of its anti-viral drug remdesivir used for the treatment of Covid-19.
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Breakthrough discovery can transform prostate cancer treatment
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Adelaide [Australia], June 22 (ANI): A novel formulation of the prostate cancer drug abiraterone acetate - currently marketed as Zytiga - can dramatically improve the quality of life for people suffering from prostate cancer.
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Glenmark, Cipla stocks surge after nod to launch drugs for mild-to-moderat
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 22 (ANI): Glenmark Pharmaceuticals' share price surged 30 per cent on Monday to Rs 531.80 per unit after it became the first pharmaceutical company in India to receive regulatory approval to make and sell oral antiviral drug favipiravir for treating mild-to
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Drug with new approach on impeding DNA repair shows promising results: Stu
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Boston [USA], June 21 (ANI): Patients with high-grade serious ovarian cancer (HGSOC) who were treated with the drug, berzosertib, and chemotherapy lived substantially longer before their disease began to worsen than did those treated with chemotherapy alone, according to a recent study.
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Domestic pharma giants-- Cipla, Hetero got DCGI's nod to manufacture, sell
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): In a significant development, India's top drug regulator has given nod to two domestic pharmaceutical companies--Cipla and Hetero for marketing authorization of anti-viral drug Remdesivir only for "restricted emergency use" on COVID-19 patients with moderate
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Anti-viral drug Favipiravir shows clinical improvement in mild, moderate C
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): Domestic pharmaceuticals Glenmark on Saturday informed that their antiviral drug -- Favipiravir -- has shown clinical improvement of up to 88 per cent in mild to moderate COVID-19 cases, including those with co-morbidities.
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Anti-viral drug favipiravir gets DGCI nod for 'restricted emergency use' i
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted permission to anti-viral drug favipiravir for "restricted emergency use" in mild to moderate cases of COVID-19, a senior government official confirmed to ANI.
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CSIR gets nod for Phase III trial of antiviral drug Umifenovir
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): CSIR constituent lab CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) Lucknow has received permission for carrying out Phase III trial of antiviral drug Umifenovir, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said on Friday.
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US left with 63 million doses of anti-malarial drug after FDA revoked its
Updated : 5 years, 11 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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