Drugmakers have also requested the government to consider ‘essentiality’ of the drug, and not its ‘turnover’, as the criterion for inclusion under NLEM.
Twelve trial sites are testing the ICMR-Bharat Biotech-developed Covid vaccine candidate. Last month, ICMR spurred controversy by setting a 15 Aug-deadline for finishing trial.
The ICMR has called a virtual meeting of pharma companies and NGOs to discuss the high pricing of cancer, diabetic, thyroid drugs, among others, on 17 August.
According to the health ministry data, the death toll due to Covid-19 climbed to 47,033 with 942 people succumbing to the disease in the last 24 hours.
The number of patients who recuperated from the disease surged to 13,78,105 Friday taking the recovery rate to 67.98 per cent. There are 6,07,384 active cases presently.
In an exclusive interview to ThePrint, India's chief trial coordinator Sheela Godbole says as many as 600 volunteers have been registered & 27 trial sites set up to test 2 treatment drugs.
A registry will enable researchers and policymakers to inform crucial understanding of Covid and detect trends in the progression of the pandemic, an official said.
The three laboratories are in three ICMR institutes at Mumbai, Kolkata and Noida. India has ordered 8 high throughput Covid testing machines from a Swiss company.
The hate comments on Mohammed Siraj’s post come days after the brutal killing of 23-year-old Salman Vohra, after a cricket match in Gujarat’s Chikhodra.
TeamLease’s Manish Sabharwal spoke to ThePrint about how political leaders, for the sake of winning elections, make big welfare-related promises without a proper plan to fund them.
The rocket is comparable to Space X’s Falcon 9 and has been independently developed by Space Pioneer, which has emerged as China’s leading commercial player in the space industry.
Changed reality for Modi govt in its 3rd innings is by no means rise of a new phenomenon. It's a return to old normal where even majorities had to routinely wrestle with storied million mutinies.
I am very much shocked to know that our Country (INDIA) became home of all kinds diseases which are generating ourselves. It shows that all we don’t bothers about future of our health and also about the health of our children. This more and most shit that our political system has gone to coma and became corrupt and also our media is taking care of health of Nation. Its shame that our Govt don’t bothers about food adulteration, pollution, untreated sewage water, quality of food production, we had lost quality of safe drinking water. And more over corruption had ruined the lives of every citizens. It means our lives at the high risk due to all ignorance on which way our Govt working.
I am very much shocked to know that our Country (INDIA) became home of all kinds diseases which are generating ourselves. It shows that all we don’t bothers about future of our health and also about the health of our children. This more and most shit that our political system has gone to coma and became corrupt and also our media is taking care of health of Nation. Its shame that our Govt don’t bothers about food adulteration, pollution, untreated sewage water, quality of food production, we had lost quality of safe drinking water. And more over corruption had ruined the lives of every citizens. It means our lives at the high risk due to all ignorance on which way our Govt working.