Centre considering removing plasma therapy from COVID-19 clinical management protocolThe decision may disrupt ongoing plasma therapy programmes in the country. Several states and hospitals have not only backed the therapy, b...
20 Oct, 2020, 11.47 PM IST
No benefit of plasma therapy in reducing COVID-19 mortality risk, says AIIMS trial interim analysisDuring the trial, one group of patients was given convalescent plasma therapy along with the standard supportive treatment while the other ...
06 Aug, 2020, 04.42 PM IST
Kerala's first plasma bank set up at Manjeri"The bank as of today has a storage of 25 plasma donated by volunteers and 200 are in the list who would donate as and when required," said...
13 Jul, 2020, 04.25 PM IST
Plasma therapy not promising in initial trials: ICMR officialsICMR had in April sought participation in the randomised controlled study to assess the safety and efficacy of plasma therapy. While the st...
30 Jun, 2020, 11.50 AM IST
Delhi plasma bank to open in 2 days, says Arvind Kejriwal"I appeal to COVID-19 recovered patients to donate their plasma... Anyone who needs plasma will need a recommendation from a doctor," Kejri...
29 Jun, 2020, 02.24 PM IST
Shortage of donors impacts use of plasma therapyAn initiative to try plasma therapy on critically ill Covid-19 patients has hit a snag due to severe shortage of plasma donors as newly rec...
24 Jun, 2020, 11.15 PM IST
AIIMS, many others seek nod for plasma trialsSo far ICMR has approved 35 institutions, including Christian Medical College, Vellore, Smt NHL Municipal Medical College, Ahmedabad, BJ Me...
13 May, 2020, 12.41 PM IST
ICMR shortlists 21 hospitals for plasma trialsFive hospitals in Maha, four in Gujarat listed; about 90 more hospitals under consideration
07 May, 2020, 08.03 AM 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
COVID-19: Won't stop clinical trials of plasma therapy as initial results are good, says Arvind Kejriwal“We are conducting 2300 COVID-19 tests per 1 million people in Delhi,” he said further.
01 May, 2020, 02.14 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
Convalescent plasma therapy can create life-threatening complications: Govt"ICMR has launched a national-level study to study efficacy of plasma therapy in treatment of COVID 19,"said Lav Agarwal.
29 Apr, 2020, 07.42 AM IST
Initial results of plasma therapy trial conducted on 4 COVID-19 patients encouraging: KejriwalAddressing an online media briefing, Kejriwal said the government will conduct more clinical trials of plasma therapy in the next two-three...
24 Apr, 2020, 04.25 PM IST
Delhi patient responding well to plasma therapy, says hospitalThe 49-year-old male patient from Delhi, who had tested positive for coronavirus infection on April 4, has shown “progressive improvement”,...
21 Apr, 2020, 10.15 AM IST
Covid-19: Kerala institute ready for plasma trials, but has no patients to testThe Thiruvananthapuram-based institute, which is an institute of national importance under the Department of Science and Technology, receiv...
18 Apr, 2020, 07.08 AM IST
Private hospital in Delhi tries out plasma therapy on two patientsA private hospital in Delhi has become the first hospital in India to use convalescent plasma therapy, which uses antibodies from the blood...
16 Apr, 2020, 07.16 AM 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