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COVID-19 crisis: Health ministry asks Indian Pharma Trade channels to ensu
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry has directed Indian Pharma Trade channels to ensure the availability of 55 drugs for ICU management and another 96 drugs for general availability and treatment of various co-morbid conditions during the COVID-19 crisis.
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PM Modi chairs meeting of task force on coronavirus vaccine, drug discover
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday chaired a meeting of the task force on coronavirus vaccine development, drug discovery, diagnosis and testing and took a detailed review of the current status of India's efforts in these areas.
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Zydus Cadila approaches DCGI to use hepatitis drug for COVID-19 clinical t
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): The country's top drug regulator, Drug Controller General of India (DCGI), has received an application from Zydus Cadila, the leading global pharmaceutical company in India, to conduct clinical trial using antiviral drug 'Pegylated Interferon Alpha-2b' in adul
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Combating COVID-19: Dr Harsh Vardhan discusses progress on antibody drug -
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Monday discussed among other things the progress over Remdesivir -- antibody-drug recently approved by the US-FDA for emergency use to treat COVID-19 patients -- with the heads of Council of Scientific and Industria
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Mycobacterial w (Mw) drug trial to be conducted on 40 patients at three ho
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 3 (ANI): The safety trail of mycobacterial w (Mw) drug has been completed but its actual trial will be conducted on 40 patients in PGI Chandigarh and AIIMS-Delhi and Bhopal, said Dr Jagat Ram, Director of PGIMER, Chandigarh on Sunday.
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India can easily do synthesis of antiviral drug - Remdesivir: Former ICMR
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 3 (ANI): India can easily do the synthesis of antiviral drug - Remdesivir - if allowed by the US-based pharma major Gilead Sciences, said Dr Nirmal K Ganguly, former Director-General, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), on Saturday.
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Antiviral drug -- Remdesivir -- is next big thing in fight against COVID-1
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 2 (ANI): Since the onset of global coronavirus pandemic, scientists, experts and medical practitioners are vigorously engaged in researching for the most effective treatment of COVID-19 patients. As per the experts, antiviral drug -- Remdesivir -- could be the answe
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Centre places orders for 11.45 crore HCQ tablets with 2 Indian firms
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 2 (ANI): India has placed urgent orders for at least 11.45 crore tablets of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ). This drug is being directly procured by HLL Lifecare, on behalf of the Union Health Ministry.
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Gilead's anti-viral remdesivir gets FDA emergency use authorisation for tr
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
California [USA], May 2 (ANI): US-based biopharmaceutical major Gilead Sciences said that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted emergency use authorisation (EUA) for investigational anti-viral remdesivir to treat COVID-19.
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Researchers find schizophrenia drug combined with radiation shows promise
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 2 (ANI): A recent study has suggested that adding a drug once commonly used to treat schizophrenia to traditional radiation therapy helped improve overall survival in mice with glioblastoma, one of the deadliest and most difficult-to-treat brain tumours.
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US FDA authorises emergency use of Remdesivir in coronavirus treatment
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], May 2 (Sputnik/ANI): The US Food and Drug Administration has authorized an emergency use of Remdesivir drug in coronavirus treatment, FDA head Stephen Hahn announced on Friday.
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Boosting levels of good fats with an experimental drug
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
California [USA], May 1 (ANI): A scientific formula to regulate levels of good fat seems to be here with the identification of genes with a capability of regulating levels of healthy fats in the human body.
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