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Topic: Tocilizumab

GST Council cuts tax on Covid-19 medicines, testing kits and medical equipment

While GST on Tocilizumab and Amphotericin B is slashed to nil from 5 per cent, the rate on Remdesivir and Heparin is lowered from 12 per cent to 5 per cent.

Delhi govt sets up expert committee to monitor use of Tocilizumab

All Covid hospitals requiring Tocilizumab injection will have to apply to the committee which will meet twice a day to scrutinize these applications.

Will Roche’s antibody cocktail reduce demand for Covid drug tocilizumab — Delhi HC asks govt

Drug firm Roche India, which supplies tocilizumab in India, had told the court it can only endeavour to supply the Covid drug but can't assure to meet the market demand.

Hetero Labs in Hyderabad seeks nod to make tocilizumab, key drug for Covid treatment in India

There is no clarity yet on the possible arrangement between Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche, the original manufacturer of tocilizumab, and Hetero.

Tocilizumab is nowhere to be found, and no one seems to know of next availability

States like Delhi, Maharashtra, Chandigarh, Kerala and Chhattisgarh have complained of acute shortage of tocilizumab. The drug is used to treat Covid and rheumatoid arthritis.

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I finally got to say goodbye to Zubeen Garg. ‘Roi Roi Binale’ left me in tears

I wasn't home when others could pay their respects to the singer or catch a last glimpse. The movie was my way of accessing him one final time.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.