Rs 6.4 cr worth of Remdesivir was sold in November, and Rs 12 cr in December, compared to Rs 287 cr in April 2021. Doctors say milder cases and better understanding is reason why.
Lawyers against Covifraud and India pro bono lawyers are among the groups that have organised through social media to offer advice and aid to victims of pandemic-related frauds.
Dr Raman Gangakhedkar, face of ICMR during Covid briefings last year, said India could become breeding ground for several mutants if it does not adhere to evidence-based treatment.
Most drugs patients are being prescribed have not proven to help with treatment of Covid-19. Here is a list of all such drugs and therapies their scientific merit.
Delhi Police has so far recovered 81 remdevisir injections and has also tracked down WhatsApp groups of inter-state gangs allegedly running the black marketing racket.
Indian social media has been inundated with posts about Covid — from availability or lack of oxygen and hospital beds to treatment options. What an analysis of Google Trends found.
BJP’s Shirish Chaudhari, who belongs to Amalner in Jalgaon, sold large stocks of Cadila Healthcare’s Remdac & Bruck Pharma’s Corovir in Nandurbar & Jalgaon districts.
Mumbai Police questioned a Bruck Pharma pharma executive after stock of remdesivir, a Covid drug in shortage, was found. But MVA minister already knew BJP was procuring it from the firm.
As India’s vaccine trouble intensifies, doctors and patients’ kin alike have come to depend on a drug whose effectiveness remains unproven — the anti-viral injection remdesivir.
The US has turned to the Kurds whenever it has needed allies on ground— in Iraq, in Syria, & now perhaps in Iran. Rarely has it worked out well, either for them or the region.
IRIS Lavan was in the region for the International Fleet Review held last month and ‘sought urgent docking in Kochi citing technical issues,’ it is learnt.
Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.
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