Indian pharma industry launched 44 new antiviral brands in 2020, against just 10 such launches in 2019. However, total number of new brands saw 40% decline.
Government's subject expert committee asks Cipla to assess renal toxicity of remdesivir's new formulation through a bioequivalence study as well as clinical trials.
Even if vaccines are as effective in the real world as they look in clinical trials, they can’t change the course of the pandemic overnight. We need reinforcements.
Shringla was speaking after handing over 2,000 vials of anti-virus drug Remdesivir to Nepal's Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali to help it contain the Covid pandemic.
The WHO’s thumbs-down on remdesivir highlights why the FDA has to do more than merely rubber-stamp Covid-19 treatments in the face of heavy White House pressure to move quickly.
WHO Friday advised against use of remdesivir for Covid because there’s ‘no evidence’ it improves survival, but doctors say it works on moderately ill patients.
WHO experts say their findings shouldn’t be interpreted to mean remdesivir is ineffective, but that there is no evidence it improves patient-important outcomes.
ICMR-NARI is body responsible for conducting WHO Solidarity trial in India, and its director Panda says remdesivir cannot be ruled out as a Covid treatment yet.
The results, published in NEJM, come weeks after WHO's Solidarity Trial concluded that remdesivir had little to no effect on hospitalised Covid patients.
India’s policy on Myanmar has been to deal with its Generals and maintain a distance from the country’s insurgent groups and political struggles. This will have to change.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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