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GSK blood cancer drug nearly halves risk of death in late-stage trialIn the trial of 302 patients with relapsed or difficult-to-treat multiple myeloma, 71% of those who received Blenrep in combination with th...- Study reveals high-dose Covid treatment is less effective in India than EuropeResearchers, including those from Copenhagen University Hospital and Apollo Hospitals in India, found that a larger dose (12 mg) did not sh...
- High-dose Covid treatment less effective in India than Europe: Lancet studyA recent study published in The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia journal indicates that a higher dose of the COVID-19 drug, dexameth...
- Third wave fear: Delhi regulator asks pharma firms to keep buffer drug stocks readyThe Drugs Control Department of Delhi has written to the drug manufacturers’ association and the chemists association of the city urging th...
- Steroid treatment should be reserved for sickest COVID-19 patients, say scientistsScientists, including those from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in the US, assessed the levels of the immune system protein cytokine...
- WHO-led COVID drug scheme doubles down on antibodies, steroids and shuns remdesivirThe WHO draft document, seen by Reuters and dated Oct. 30, says the priorities are to secure monoclonal antibodies in a tight market and to...
- Tocilizumab fails to improve condition of severe Covid-19 patientsThe result of the COVACTA study dashes the hopes of experts who were looking to use the rheumatoid arthritis drug as treatment option for C...
- In a race with HCQ, remdesivir and Coronil, Paracetamol has witnessed a sudden rise in demandSudden demand for paracetamol has been taken to be a possible clue to people concealing Covid-19 at home. People who have, or think they ha...
- Pricing regulator asks pharma companies to provide stock details to ensure availability of drugsIt has sought details such as production and sale of these drugs in the past two years, stock lying with the company as on date, production...
- Health Ministry adds steroid dexamethasone in COVID-19 treatment protocolThe updated protocol includes the advice to use dexamethasone as an alternative choice to methylprednisolone for managing moderate to sever...
- Local Covid drug makers ramp up capacityThis follows companies successfully developing the formulations Favipiravir and Remdesivir, the drugs, which along with dexamethasone have ...
- WHO sees 'green shoots' of hope in COVID-19 pandemicWhile cases are still rapidly rising there are green shoots of hope the WHO Director General said.
- Indian drug firms cheer dexamethasone efficacy on severe COVID-19 patientsM P Gupta, general manager of Mahima Lifesciences, a Chandigarh-based steroid API maker, said the company was expecting a jump in raw mater...
- Steroid dexamethasone reduces deaths among patients with severe Covid-19, trial showsThere are currently no approved treatments or vaccines for Covid-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus which has killed more than 4...
- 'Steroid that costs less than Rs 200 may help prevent Covid-19 deaths'Recovery Trial in the UK found that the steroid dexamethasone reduces deaths by one-third in patients hospitalised with severe respiratory ...
- First drug proves able to improve survival from COVID-19The drug was given either orally or through an IV. After 28 days, it had reduced deaths by 35% in patients who needed treatment with breath...
- Aurobindo Pharma gets USFDA nod to manufacture multi disease treatment injectionAccording to a statement issued by the city-based drug maker, the product is expected to be launched by the last quarter of the current fis...
- Aurobindo gets USFDA nod for multi disease treatment injectionAurobindo Pharma today said it has received final approval of the US health regulator to manufacture and market its Dexamethasone Sodium Ph...
- BWF imposes eight-month backdated ban on Lee Chong Wei on doping chargesWei was temporarily suspended by the BWF, after traces of the banned substance dexamethasone was detected in his system during the World Ch...
- Strides receives US FDA approval for two drugsPharmaceutical firm Strides Arcolab today said it has received US regulatory approval for its two new drugs used for normalising blood circ...
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