New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): It is too early to say whether Hydroxychloroquine or Remdesivir works better against COVID-19, as it can be ascertained only after conducting trials, according to the Director-General (DG) of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Dr Shekhar C M
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
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], May 3 (ANI): An Ayurvedic medicine developed by Pankajakasthuri Herbal Research Foundation in Kerala has been approved for clinical trial on COVID-19 patients by Clinical Trial Registry of India (CTRI).
Cairo [Egypt], May 3 (ANI): An Egyptian filmmaker imprisoned over a music video that mocked President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi died at a maximum-security facility on Friday after two years in detention without trial, his lawyer said.
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.
New Delhi [India], May 3 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has reserved order on Delhi Police's plea challenging the trial court order granting bail to cricket bookie Sanjeev Chawla, who was recently extradited to India for his alleged involvement in a match-fixing racket.
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 1 (ANI): All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal has begun the clinical trial of the drug Mycobacterium (Mw) on a COVID-19 patient on Thursday.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 30 (ANI): Bombay High Court on Thursday issued notices to Maharashtra government and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on a petition seeking a CBI probe, a fast track court trial and compensation in the Palghar mob lynching incident.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 30 (ANI): Glenmark Pharmaceuticals said on Thursday it has received approval from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) to conduct clinical trials on Favipiravir anti-viral tablets on COVID-19 patients.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 30 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices were in the green during early hours on Thursday as Asian shares moved up on encouraging early results from a COVID-19 treatment trial.
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], April 30 (ANI): In a bid to fight COVID-19 crisis, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Jammu has developed a face-shield that will be handed over to the police for trial. Moreover, this design can be produced on a mass scale.
Washington D.C. [US], April 30 (ANI): A preliminary data analysis from NIH clinical trial shows that hospitalized patients with "advanced COVID-19 and lung involvement who received the investigational antiviral remdesivir recovered faster than similar patients who received placebo".