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WHO halts hydroxychloroquine and combination of HIV drug trials among hosp
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 5 (ANI) The World Health Organisation on Saturday has halted its trials of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and combination of HIV drug lopinavir/ritonavir for the treatment of hospitalised COVID-19 patients after they failed to reduce the death rate, Al Jaze
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Popular chemotherapy drug likely to be less effective in overweight, obese
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], July 4 (ANI): Treatment with docetaxel, a common chemotherapy drug, might have lesser benefits for breast cancer patients who are overweight or obese, according to new research.
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Health ministry revises remdesivir dosage for COVID-19 patients
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry on Friday has revised the dosage of the antiviral drug--remdesivir, being administered to hospitalized COVID-19 patients from the earlier six-days to five-day treatment course.
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Drug discovery hackathon can yield COVID-19 solution
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): The drug discovery hackathon, a joint initiative of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), can yield to some novel solution for COVID-19, said Shekhar Mande, Director-General, CSIR.
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DCGI permits human clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccine of Zydus Cadila
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) on Thursday granted permission to pharma giant Zydus Cadila to conduct phase I and phase II human clinical trials for COVID -19 vaccine, a top government official told ANI.
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DCGI gives nod to Mylan labs to manufacture remdesivir for 'restricted eme
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted permission to Mylan laboratories to manufacture and market the anti-viral drug remdesivir for 'restricted emergency use' on hospitalised COVID-19 patients, a senior government official said on Thursday.
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Union Health, HRD Minister inaugurate Drug Discovery Hackathon
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan along with Union Human Resource Development Minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank launched 'Drug Discovery Hackathon' through video conferencing here on Thursday.
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Italian police seize world's largest drug bust
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Rome [Italy], July 2 (ANI): Italy Police have confiscated 14 14 metric tonnes (15.4 US tonnes) of amphetamines allegedly produced by the ISIS in Syria. It is the largest drug bust in the world in terms of both value and quantity, CNN reported.
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US approved 4 COVID-19 vaccine candidates for clinical trials - FDA Head
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], July 1 (Sputnik/ANI): The United States has approved four coronavirus vaccine candidates for clinical trials, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) head Stephen Hahn told reporters.
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UK's RECOVERY trial found anti-viral HIV drug "ineffective"on COVID-19 pat
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 30 (ANI): Researchers from UK's RECOVERY trial (Randomised Evaluation of COVID-19 Therapy) have claimed to have found no benefit from anti-viral HIV drug-- 'lopinavir-ritonavir' administered in patients hospitalised COVID-19 patients.
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Never claimed to have made medicine for COVID-19: Patanjali Ayurved
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], June 30 (ANI): Patanjali Ayurved on Tuesday said that it never claimed to have made a medicine for coronavirus.
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DCGI gives nod to Bharat Biotech to conduct phase I & II Human clinica
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 30 (ANI): The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted permission to Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL) to conduct Phase I and II Human clinical trials to develop an indigenous vaccine for COVID-19 -- in the name COVAXIN.
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