Government to import 4.5 lakh vials of antiviral drug Remdesivir to ease its shortage in the country30 Apr, 2021, 01.47 PM IST
Writ petition filed to issue CL for Covid drugs, regulate vaccine pricesNon-governmental organisation Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (JSA) filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court, seeking a direction to the Union gover...
30 Apr, 2021, 08.26 AM IST
Enough stock of Remdesivir, oxygen in state: Maharashtra government to High CourtAdvocate General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni, the state's lawyer, said nodal officers have been appointed to prevent hoarding of Remdesivir, which ...
29 Apr, 2021, 10.51 PM IST
India approaches Egypt, UAE, Uzbekistan, Bangladesh for RemdesivirFaced with an acute shortage of the antiviral drug, India had earlier this month waived import duty on import of Remdesivir and the raw mat...
29 Apr, 2021, 10.49 AM IST
Can't allow India to become 'battlefield' for oxygen, ventilators, Remdesivir: Sachin PilotSachin Pilot also urged the BJP-led central government to call an all-party meeting and said that the feedback and inputs would be benefici...
27 Apr, 2021, 03.45 PM IST
Airlift oxygen, give adequate vaccines, allow Remdesivir imports: Uddhav Thackeray tells PM"Maharashtra has 5.71 crore people in the 18 to 44 age group. We will require 12 crore doses. Our vaccine manufacturers will not be able to...
23 Apr, 2021, 05.51 PM IST
Tamil Nadu CM Palaniswami writes to PM Modi, seeks 20 lakh doses of Covid vaccine from CentreIn a letter to Modi, the chief minister said directions are being issued by National and "certain State regulators," prioritising supplies ...
23 Apr, 2021, 12.57 PM IST
COVID-19 vaccine to be supplied free of cost in govt health facilities: Punjab CMKeeping in view the limited supplies of vaccine expected initially, the chief minister constituted an expert group, comprising eminent viro...
22 Apr, 2021, 11.34 PM IST
No shortage of ventilators, oxygen: Tamil Nadu govt tells HCThere was no shortage of Remdesivir vaccine, used in COVID-19 treatment, ventilators or oxygen cylinders in the state, Advocate General Vij...
22 Apr, 2021, 08.56 PM IST
Covaxin production to increase 10 times by September: Harsh VardhanHighlighting the steps taken to fulfil the requirement of remdesivir, Vardhan in a tweet said, "Production being doubled to 74.1L per month...
18 Apr, 2021, 10.17 PM IST
States raise with Centre issues of increasing supply of oxygen cylinder, Remdesivir to hospitalsThe states, including Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, West Bengal, Delhi, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and ...
17 Apr, 2021, 05.37 PM IST
Government steps in to ramp up remdesivir supply, bring down its price“Fast-track approval has been given for seven additional sites having the production capacity of 1 million vials/month to six manufacturers...
17 Apr, 2021, 11.23 AM IST
Crisis of beds, drugs, O2 cylinders, ventilators... India’s health infra under severe strainMaharashtra, which is adding close to 60,000 cases daily, is short on hospital beds and essential drugs. Even if 15% of these patients requ...
16 Apr, 2021, 08.31 AM IST
Cipla doubles remdesivir production to meet 'unprecedented' demand"We have scaled up the production of remdesivir by 2x from the last wave of the pandemic," Cipla said in a statement. "Given the unpreceden...
13 Apr, 2021, 01.57 PM IST
Gujarat High Court acts on reports of poor test, Remdesivir control“Every day there is a new mutant. Even after double doses, people are infected. One of your decorated IPS officers who had two doses passed...
13 Apr, 2021, 08.29 AM IST
Taiwan approves Gilead's remdesivir to treat COVID-19Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Centre said the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration took into account "the fact that the efficacy and saf...
30 May, 2020, 12.02 PM IST
Remdesivir expected to be available for COVID-19 patients from next week: top company officialThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave emergency use authorisation (EUA) for the use of investigational Remdesivir to treat COVID-19 p...
04 May, 2020, 03.36 PM IST