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High doses of favipiravir counter SARS-CoV-2 in hamsters, Hydroxychloroqui
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 10 (ANI): Researchers report that treatment with high doses of favipiravir, an antiviral drug that has been used to treat pandemic influenza in Japan, significantly reduced SARS-CoV-2 levels in the lungs, improved lung pathology, and reduced virus transmission by dir
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Analysis reveals heart-related side effects of hydroxychloroquine, chloroq
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], September 23 (ANI): As the antimalarial drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine have drawn attention as potential therapies for COVID-19 and are being widely used off-label, it's now more important than ever to have a thorough assessment of the safety of these medications.
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India hands over 13 essential medicines to Mozambique in COVID-19 fight
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Maputo [Mozambique], September 19 (ANI): India on Friday handed over 13 essential medicines including hydroxychloroquine and paracetamol worth approximately 22 million metric tonnes to Mozambique, as support to the African country's fight against COVID-19.
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Prohibition on export of PPE coveralls, ventilators, Hydroxychloroquine AP
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 16 (ANI): Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Wednesday said that the prohibition has been removed on export of various medical items such as Personal protective equipment (PPE) coveralls, 2/3 ply masks, face shields, ventilators and, Hydroxyc
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Study finds hydroxychloroquine plus azithromycin increases heart risk
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], August 29 (ANI): The largest safety study performed on both HCQ and HCQ+AZM suggests that the combination of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and azithromycin (AZM) has been linked to significant cardiovascular risks, including mortality.
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Hydroxychloroquine plus azithromycin increases heart risk, finds global st
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], August 26 (ANI): The combination of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and azithromycin (AZM) has been linked to significant cardiovascular risks, including mortality, in the largest safety study ever performed on both HCQ and HCQ+AZM.
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Centre allocates 4.24 crore HCQ tablets to states and UTs, biggest since b
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): The Union health ministry made the biggest allocation of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) tablets since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in India by distributing 4.24 crore medicines to the states and Union Territories.
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WHO halts hydroxychloroquine and combination of HIV drug trials among hosp
Updated : 5 years, 8 months 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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US left with 63 million doses of anti-malarial drug after FDA revoked its
Updated : 5 years, 9 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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Directorate General of Foreign Trade lifts export ban on Hydroxychloroquin
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) on Thursday lifted the export ban on Hydroxychloroquine API and its formulations.
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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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Health Ministry issues fresh clinical management protocol for COVID-19 pat
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 13 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry issued a fresh clinical management protocol for COVID-19 patients on Saturday. As per the latest protocol, the health ministry has described the use of investigational therapies--Remdesivir, Convalescent plasma, Tocilizumab, and
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