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US left with 63 million doses of anti-malarial drug after FDA revoked its
Updated : 5 years, 8 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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US FDA revokes emergency authorisation for HCQ championed by President Tru
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], June 15 (ANI): The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday revoked the emergency use authorization for malaria drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) as a treatment for COVID-19, the use of which has been championed by President Donald Trump.
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Zydus signs licensing agreement with Gilead to manufacture and market Remd
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], June 13 (ANI): Healthcare major Zydus Cadila has signed a non-exclusive licensing agreement with Gilead Sciences Inc for the manufacturing and distribution of Remdesivir, the investigational drug which has been issued an emergency use authorisation by the US Food
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Uttar Pradesh seeks details of people buying medicines for fever, cold fro
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 15 (ANI): Amid COVID-19 outbreak, Uttar Pradesh Food Safety and Drug Administration has instructed drug inspectors to submit details about buyers of medicines for fever, cold and cough, on a daily basis from drug stores in their respective areas.
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With new approaches against Coronavirus, doctors express 'glimmers of hope
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], May 14 (ANI): Those on the frontline in the battle against coronavirus are expressing "glimmers of hope" as far as the treatment of COVID-19 patients is concerned.
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COVID-19: Cipla enters into licensing pact with Gilead to manufacture and
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 13 (ANI): Pharmaceutical major Cipla said on Wednesday it has signed a non-exclusive licensing agreement with Gilead Sciences Inc for manufacturing and distributing investigational medicine Remdesivir which has been issued an emergency use authorisation by t
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US approves antigen test to diagnose COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington (US), May 10 (ANI: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the use of antigen test for the first time to detect and treat COVID-19 infection.
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Gilead's anti-viral remdesivir gets FDA emergency use authorisation for tr
Updated : 5 years, 10 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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US FDA authorises emergency use of Remdesivir in coronavirus treatment
Updated : 5 years, 10 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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Novartis to sponsor large clinical trial of HCQ in hospitalised COVID-19 p
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Basel [Switzerland], April 22 (ANI): Swiss multinational pharmaceutical company Novartis has reached an agreement with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to proceed with a phase three clinical trial with about 440 patients to evaluate the use of hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of
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Zydus explores biologicals route to treat COVID-19 with long-acting Interf
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], April 20 (ANI): Pharma major Zydus Cadila said on Monday its biological therapy Pegylated Interferon alpha-2b can emerge as one of the pathways to treat COVID-19.
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First shipment of hydroxychloroquine from India en route to UAE
Updated : 5 years, 11 months 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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