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Clinical study finds anti-malaria drugs effective in fighting pulmonary di
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 26 (ANI): Drugs used to treat malaria are also effective at treating a pulmonary disease similar to tuberculosis, according to a study conducted by a team of researchers from Colorado University.
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Anti-malaria drugs can fight pulmonary disease, finds study
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colorado [US], March 22 (ANI): A team of researchers from Colorado University has found that drugs used to treat malaria are also effective at treating a pulmonary disease similar to tuberculosis.
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Study finds importance of malaria drug in treating neck cancers
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 20 (ANI): Do you know malaria drugs work against some cancers? According to a new study, the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine inhibits pathways that drive resistance to the chemotherapy agent cisplatin in head and neck cancers and restores tumour-killing effects of cisp
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Malaria drug could combat chemotherapy-resistant head, neck cancers: Study
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 15 (ANI): A new study suggests that the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine inhibits pathways that drive resistance to the chemotherapy agent cisplatin in head and neck cancers and restores tumour-killing effects of cisplatin in animal models.
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WHO halts hydroxychloroquine and combination of HIV drug trials among hosp
Updated : 5 years, 10 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 FDA revokes emergency authorisation for HCQ championed by President Tru
Updated : 5 years, 11 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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France officially bans hydroxychloroquine as treatment against COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Paris [France], May 28 (Sputnik/ANI): France on Wednesday (local time) officially banned hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19 after a series of medical studies revealed that the malaria drug could be harmful.
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Hydroxychloroquine --promoted by Trump as Covid 'game changer'-- linked to
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 17 (ANI): Clinical trials of the anti-malarial drug or hydroxychloroquine, which gained prominence overnight after being promoted by US President Donald Trump as a 'game changer' in the fight against Covid-19, have been significantly linked to cardiac problems and
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Pakistan remains undecided on release of anti-malarial drugs, bans export
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 11 (ANI): Pakistan has re-imposed the ban on export of all anti malaria drugs including hydroxychloroquine or HCQ, touted as a potential treatment for the coronavirus, four days after it lifted the hold on them.
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Sanofi to donate 100 million doses of hydroxychloroquine across 50 countri
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Paris [France], April 10 (ANI): French pharma major Sanofi said on Friday it has decided to donate 100 million doses of hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malaria drug which could be a potential weapon against novel coronavirus, across 50 countries.
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Benjamin Netanyahu thanks 'dear friend' Modi for sending 'Hydroxychloroqui
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], April 10 (ANI): After US President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his decision to supply Hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malaria drug, seen as useful in the treatment of COVID-19.
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After Trump, Brazil's Bolsonaro thanks PM Modi for supplying hydroxychrolo
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], April 9 (ANI): Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allowing the export of raw materials to his country to produce hydroxychroloquine - an anti-malaria drug - seen as useful in the treatment of COVID-19.
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