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...
24 Aug, 2021, 07.43 AM IST
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...
15 Nov, 2020, 01.57 PM IST
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...
05 Nov, 2020, 09.42 PM IST
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...
11 Jul, 2020, 10.00 AM IST
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...
08 Jul, 2020, 09.27 AM IST
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...
27 Jun, 2020, 03.25 PM IST
Local Covid drug makers ramp up capacityThis follows companies successfully developing the formulations Favipiravir and Remdesivir, the drugs, which along with dexamethasone have ...
23 Jun, 2020, 09.17 PM IST
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.
18 Jun, 2020, 10.13 AM IST
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...
18 Jun, 2020, 10.03 AM IST
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...
17 Jun, 2020, 06.21 PM IST
'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 ...
17 Jun, 2020, 07.15 AM IST
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...
16 Jun, 2020, 07.36 PM IST
First results from UK's Recovery COVID-19 drug trial expected in early JulyThe first data from the study, which is testing a selection of existing drugs, is likely to come from a type of steroid called low-dose Dex...
02 Jun, 2020, 08.54 PM IST
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...
02 Dec, 2015, 07.33 PM IST
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...
02 Dec, 2015, 04.11 PM IST
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...
27 Apr, 2015, 02.16 PM IST
- Strides receives US FDA approval for two drugs
Pharmaceutical firm Strides Arcolab today said it has received US regulatory approval for its two new drugs used for normalising blood circ...
02 Sep, 2008, 11.48 AM IST