USFDA revokes emergency use status to two Covid antibody therapies"Because data show these treatments are highly unlikely to be active against the omicron variant, which is circulating at a very high frequ...
25 Jan, 2022, 11.54 AM IST
Health insurers can't reject Covid claims for antibody cocktail therapy: IrdaiInsurers have been ordered by the regulator to assess claims denied or deductions made in all such cases and take appropriate action to pay...
11 Jan, 2022, 12.20 PM IST
Biocon Biologics gets licence from Adagio Therapeutics for antibody treatment of COVID-19"ADG20, a novel monoclonal antibody targeting the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 and related coronaviruses, is in global clinical development ...
26 Jul, 2021, 09.29 PM IST
Antibody cocktail therapy begins at AIIMS, RishikeshAntibody cocktail is a combination of two drugs and its vial costs nearly Rs 60000 in the market.
22 Jun, 2021, 10.50 PM IST
Zydus Cadila, first Indian Company gets permission for clinical trials of antibodies cocktail to treat COVID-19: SourcesThe only Indian company Zydus Cadila which claims to have developed neutralising monoclonal antibodies (mAbs)-based cocktail for the treatm...
04 Jun, 2021, 08.54 AM IST
65 yr old man becomes 1st Covid patient to get antibody cocktail at Apollo in DelhiAs part of this single dose infusion-based treatment, patients with mild to moderate symptoms, are offered a cocktail of Casirivimab and Im...
28 May, 2021, 04.53 PM IST
Fortis hospital in Delhi offers monoclonal antibody therapy; awaits takersAs part of this single dose infusion-based treatment, patients with mild to moderate symptoms are offered a cocktail of Casirivimab and Imd...
27 May, 2021, 06.47 PM IST
Not all Covid patients need plasma therapy, say doctors amid shortagePlasma therapy involves taking antibodies from the blood of a person who has recovered from Covid-19 and transfusing it into a novel corona...
17 Apr, 2021, 11.15 AM IST
Indiscriminate use of convalescent plasma therapy in COVID patients not advisable: ICMRIn an "Evidence Based Advisory to address Inappropriate Use of Convalescent Plasma in COVID-19 Patients", the Indian Council of Medical Res...
18 Nov, 2020, 03.41 PM IST
ICMR, Biological E develop purified equine antiserumThe therapy works like plasma therapy. However, the blood plasma is obtained from animals — from horses, in this case — that have recovered...
02 Oct, 2020, 07.18 AM IST
Plasma therapy may be safe, effective for children with life-threatening Covid infectionThe study involved four patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome.
09 Sep, 2020, 06.33 PM IST
Eli Lilly says its Covid treatment could be ready for use as soon as SeptemberLilly is also doing preclinical studies of a third antibody treatment for the illness caused by the new coronavirus that could enter human ...
11 Jun, 2020, 11.59 PM IST
What are antibody therapies and who is developing them for COVID-19?More recently, scientists have developed treatments called monoclonal antibodies -- antibodies that can be isolated and manufactured in lar...
09 Jun, 2020, 12.56 PM IST
Plasma therapy 'no magic bullet' against COVID-19; Need large-scale trials to prove efficacy: ExpertsThe therapy involves taking antibodies from the blood of a person who has recovered from COVID-19 and transfusing those antibodies into an ...
04 May, 2020, 04.17 PM IST
AIIMS planning to conduct clinical trial of plasma therapyAIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria said the mode of treatment in COVID-19 is still at an "experimental stage" and there is a need for good a...
29 Apr, 2020, 10.51 AM IST
Lucknow hospital begins plasma therapy to treat COVID-19 positive patientsThe doctor from Orai in Uttar Pradesh was administered the plasma donated by a woman doctor from Canada who was the first COVID-19 patient ...
27 Apr, 2020, 03.57 PM IST
Delhi to use plasma technique for covid treatment on trial basisOn April 13, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) had sought participation of researchers for conducting clinical trial of convale...
15 Apr, 2020, 06.49 PM IST