India lifts export ban on Trump-touted drug hydroxychloroquine"Department of Pharmaceuticals has approved the lifting of ban on Export of Hydroxychloroquine API as well as formulations," India's minist...
11 Jun, 2020, 02.47 PM IST
EU governments ban malaria drug for COVID-19, trial paused as safety fears growThe moves by France, Italy and Belgium followed a World Health Organization decision on Monday to pause a large trial of hydroxychloroquine...
28 May, 2020, 09.15 AM IST
Hydroxychloroquine given under supervision, side effects can be addressed, says Indian-American doctorConsidered one of the most influential Indian-American community leaders in the US, Dr Bharat Barai alleged that certain people and media a...
26 May, 2020, 02.02 PM IST
Hydroxychloroquine-azithromycin combo may be potentially lethal: StudyHydroxychloroquine and azithromycin, alone or in combination, have been proposed for treatment of COVID-19 patients, the researchers said. ...
26 May, 2020, 01.55 PM IST
Lancet study finds no benefit for hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patientsThe scientists said these drugs should not be used to treat COVID-19 patients outside of clinical trials until results from randomised clin...
22 May, 2020, 07.31 PM IST
India exports 50 million hydroxychloroquine tablets to US for COVID-19 fight: ReportThe trade, India's biggest export of the drug to any country, follows a request by U.S. President Donald Trump for New Delhi to release sup...
30 Apr, 2020, 08.47 PM IST
Novartis, U.S. regulators agree to malaria drug hydroxychloroquine trial against COVID-19Novartis has reached an agreement with U.S. regulators to hold a randomized trial of generic malaria drug hydroxychloroquine against COVID-...
20 Apr, 2020, 12.26 PM IST
Bajaj Healthcare gets Gujarat FDA nod to manufacture hydhroxychloroquine sulphateThe company will commence production of hydhroxychloroquine sulphate API in the next 3 weeks at its Vadodara facility and it is estimated t...
17 Apr, 2020, 05.44 PM IST
Hydroxychloroquine consignment from India arrives in USEarlier this week, India at the request of President Donald Trump cleared the export of 35.82 lakh tablets of hydroxychloroquine to the US ...
12 Apr, 2020, 08.19 AM IST
Shipment of hydroxychloroquine to US likely to start next week: IPA"The shipments of hydroxychloroquine to the US are likely to start next week. Indian pharma companies are committed to meet both, domestic ...
11 Apr, 2020, 08.21 PM IST
Government decides to export surplus hydroxychloroquine, says there is buffer stock for IndiaAddressing a briefing, MEA Additional Secretary Dammu Ravi, who is also the COVID-19 coordinator, said that hydroxychloroquine is in high d...
10 Apr, 2020, 07.13 PM IST
Enough stock of hydroxychloroquine in India: Govt"There is enough stock of hydroxychloroquine in the country and we are tracking its demand, availability and production on a daily basis," ...
10 Apr, 2020, 02.46 PM IST
India to export hydroxychloroquine only to foreign governments and not to private companies: Sources"Hydroxychloroquine continues to be a prohibited item. Private-to-private company or a domestic exporter-to-foreign importer trade is ban. ...
10 Apr, 2020, 12.39 PM IST
Trump seeks Modi's help to release Hydroxychloroquine ordered by US to treat COVID-19 patientsIndia on April 4 banned the export of Hydroxychloroquine and its formulations with immediate effect.
05 Apr, 2020, 12.51 PM IST
Blanket ban on export of anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine, government withdraws exemptionsHowever, the directorate amended the policy on Saturday and withdrew these exemptions, saying that the export of Hydroxychloroquine and for...
04 Apr, 2020, 10.17 PM IST
Intas to provide 2 million hydroxychloroquine tablets for WHO study on COVID-19Intas informed that it is collaborating on the WHO-endorsed study using hydroxychloroquine, a drug that may have an effect in preventing an...
30 Mar, 2020, 04.42 PM IST
A malaria drug may lead fight against Covid-19One candidate that has been much in the news is hydroxychloroquine (a later version of the more toxic chloroquine), used to treat malaria a...
26 Mar, 2020, 10.48 AM IST