The PLACID study by ICMR, involving 464 participants in 39 hospitals, is the first and the largest randomised control trial on Covid-19 to be completed in the world.
At a White House press briefing, FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn and President Donald Trump had claimed convalescent plasma therapy could cut deaths from coronavirus by 35%.
The condition of the 85-year-old former CM deteriorated due to a sudden fall in oxygen saturation levels. Gogoi had tested positive for Covid on 25 August.
At a time when the FDA needs the public’s trust more than ever, the US agency has been dragged into the political fray in a series of compounding incidents.
Drug hyperimmune globulin is manufactured by pooling plasma from recovered Covid patients. Unlike plasma transfusions, the benefit of the drug is it doesn't require blood type matching.
US approves emergency use of convalescent plasma to treat Covid-19, but studies conducted so far don't hold enough evidence to prove it works effectively and without risk.
Researchers fear FDA's emergency waiver will make it harder to get patients into clinical trials & get a definitive picture on whether & how convalescent plasma treats Covid-19.
Delhi resident Tabrej Khan donated plasma 6 times between 18 April and 20 June. He is now planning to donate for a seventh time and sent his blood for antibody test to LNJP hospital.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
My major doubt is cleared.