Emulate Delhi model in fight against COVID-19, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy tells statesThe union minister visited Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (TIMS), a 14-storey building at the sports complex at Gachi...
01 Aug, 2020, 11.45 AM IST
No covid-19 death in Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim so far: Health MinistryThe fight against the pandemic across the country has been a concerted and collective endeavour and the Centre has pro-actively and strongl...
26 Jun, 2020, 05.23 PM IST
Export ban on HCQ could be liftedAccording to government sources, since April, India has been exporting HCQ on a case-by-case basis to the US, Australia, Poland, Zimbabwe, ...
10 Jun, 2020, 07.09 AM IST
Bihar to give 2.5 million HCQ tabletsThe ICMR has been pushing for the use of HCQ to prevent the spread of Covid-19 infection among frontline workers and, last month, it expand...
02 Jun, 2020, 08.21 AM IST
After China, India reaches out to LAC, African countries with medicine diplomacyIndia had earmarked 5 million HCQ tablets for 28 LAC countries and 100,000 each for 19 African countries.
17 May, 2020, 06.09 AM IST
New way to fly to go viral? The uncomfortable middle seats may get a revampCrews in puffy PPEs and passengers in stuffy visors could be the new normal.
12 May, 2020, 08.08 AM IST
Several US hospitals using HCQ in treatment of COVID 19 patients: ReportMDedge, a medical publication, on Friday reported that hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is currently the first-line therapy and Tocilizumab the sec...
02 May, 2020, 11.01 AM IST
Lincoln Pharma gets Gujarat food & drug regulator nod to manufacture COVID-19 drugsThe approval by the state regulator is to manufacture both the drugs in the strengths of 200 mg, 300 mg and 400 mg, the statement said. Aft...
27 Apr, 2020, 03.57 PM IST
Indian Foreign Minister speaks to his counterparts from US, Russia, Saudi, Oman and Brazil on pandemicIn a series of tweets Foreign Minister S Jaishankar gave an overview of his conversations.
23 Apr, 2020, 09.44 PM IST
Miraculous medicines are always more myth than reality: Pandemics, prophylactics and pice packetsOseltamivir was that drug during bird flu several years back, and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is the drug today. President Trump’s demands for...
17 Apr, 2020, 11.41 PM IST
Residents in Mumbai hotspots to be given HCQ as a preventiveResidents of civic wards in Mumbai with a high number of Covid-19 cases will be given hydroxychloroquine tablets as a preventive treatment,...
16 Apr, 2020, 04.44 PM IST
Cadila on the Moon on HCQ lift, awaits Covid-19 vaccine boosterThe drugmaker is one of the two largest manufacturers of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ).
15 Apr, 2020, 01.02 PM IST
'Govt using telemedicine to reduce doctors’ exposure'Details of patients, who are otherwise healthy, are sent to doctors who then advise workers on how to manage the patients
13 Apr, 2020, 08.00 AM IST
Hydroxychloroquine production scaled up: Zydus CadilaIndia manufactures 70% of the world's supply of hydroxychloroquine — Zydus and Ipca Labs being the two biggest players.
13 Apr, 2020, 07.39 AM IST
PM Modi was 'terrific' in allowing export of hydroxychloroquine to US: Donald TrumpUS President Donald Trump on Wednesday thanked India for PM Narendra Modi's decision to allow the export of malaria drug Hydroxychloroquine...
10 Apr, 2020, 09.47 AM IST
Scenario planning, regular update clause led to export of key drugs in Covid fightIndia had undertaken a scenario-building exercise before allowing export of drugs like HCQ.
09 Apr, 2020, 08.35 AM IST
Zydus Cadila boosts HCQ production 10XThe company with over Rs 13,000-crore revenue is helping the government to build a stockpile of 10 crore dosages of the drug, Zydus group c...
08 Apr, 2020, 10.55 AM IST