The panel also asked Bharat Biotech to expedite volunteer recruitment for its ongoing clinical trial of Covaxin and said it may conduct interim efficacy analysis for further consideration.
The decision is based on recommendations of Signal Review Panel-Pharmacovigilance Programme of India, which is responsible for detection, assessment & prevention of adverse effects from drugs.
The Subject Expert Committee has asked Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation to find more about HCQ's 'side-effects', particularly related to taste disorder and urine incontinence.
The recommendation was given after assessing the safety and immunogenicity data of phase 1, 2 clinical trials and have been sent to (DCGI) for final approval.
Dr Reddy’s had proposed to test Sputnik V in a Phase III clinical trial that generally needs to enroll over 1,000 participants. Govt panel has recommended a smaller trial instead.
Low-cost hepatitis C drugs sofosbuvir, used in combination with daclatasvir, has shown promise in reducing chance of death among hospitalised Covid patients.
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan says Department of Expenditure has approved the creation of posts to inspect, audit and test the efficacy of medical devices.
Alert was issued on insulin pumps made by American medical equipment giant Medtronic. In India, the insulin pumps used are MiniMed 508 and MiniMed Paradigm series.
Several batches of polio vaccines by Bio-Med Pvt Ltd were found to be contaminated with traces of Type-2 virus, which were administered to 30 lakh children.
Plan is to hire these officers, who will exclusively regulate sale of medical devices such as coronary stents & hip implants, through a written exam conducted by UPSC.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
PTC Industries is investing Rs 1,000 cr in 4 manufacturing plants in UP, has already started supplying titanium parts to BAE Systems for its M-777 howitzers that India also uses.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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