Alembic Pharmaceuticals' JV gets USFDA final nod for anti-fungal drugThe approval by the US Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) is for the abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) for Nystatin and Triamcinolone...
08 Mar, 2022, 12.38 PM IST
Go for test for TB, other conditions if cough persists for more than 2-3 weeks: Revised clinical guidance for Covid patientsThe revised guidelines continue to recommend emergency use authorization (EUA) or off-label use of remdesivir in patients with "moderate to...
18 Jan, 2022, 04.54 PM IST
ICMR national protocol says no evidence of benefit of injectable steroids in patients not requiring oxygenThe revised guidance updated on January 14 also warns of potential risk of fungal infections such as invasive mucormycosis, if anti-inflamm...
17 Jan, 2022, 09.59 PM IST
Covid treatment: Govt issues revised guidelines on use of drugs, therapiesThe revised guidelines continue to recommend emergency use authorization (EUA) or off-label use of remdesivir in patients with "moderate to...
17 Jan, 2022, 09.45 PM IST
WHO advises against use of survivors' plasma to treat COVIDThe guidance against the use of convalescent plasma, a component of blood that is rich in antibodies, was published in the British Medical ...
07 Dec, 2021, 07.18 PM IST
Steroids cut Covid-19 death rates, but not for everyone: Here's who benefits and who doesn'tHere's what people need to understand about steroids as a treatment for COVID-19.
27 Oct, 2021, 10.47 AM IST
Remdesivir not magic bullet, does not reduce mortality, say health expertsAddressing the media, AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria said remdesivir should only be given to patients hospitalised with moderate illness...
19 Apr, 2021, 06.44 PM IST
Remdesivir not only option against Covid-19, can save lives without it: Doctors“Oxygen therapy, vitamins, steroids and low molecular weight heparin (blood thinners), when used at appropriate stages under medical superv...
15 Apr, 2021, 03.08 PM IST
In second year of pandemic, treating Covid-19 still in trial and error modeDr Manish Soneja, additional professor, department of medicine, AIIMS, who was part of the medical team that prepared the national guidelin...
14 Apr, 2021, 10.05 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
'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
In US, appetite for bison meat increases as more diners choose organic foodAside from the perceived health benefits, demand for bison meat signals a rejection of factory-farming methods that account for most protei...
21 Aug, 2015, 10.26 AM IST
It is a great Budget from macro perspective: Anup Bagchi, ICICI SecuritiesFrom a personal finance perspective, the government has cut out the EPFO, which opens a choice of going to the NPS. As is known, NPS does i...
02 Mar, 2015, 05.13 PM IST
- Franklin Templeton PE invests Rs 45 cr in drug-maker Symbiotec Pharmalab
Symbiotec is engaged in research, development, manufacturing and marketing of research-based active pharmaceutical ingredients for corticos...
21 Sep, 2011, 04.03 PM IST
- Biocon to market Abraxis' breast cancer drug in India
Biocon Ltd on Thursday announced it has entered into a licensing agreement with US-based Abraxis BioScience Inc for selling 'Abraxane' in I...
09 Aug, 2007, 04.54 PM IST
- Now, a golden cure for arthritis
Injecting gold into knees affected by osteoarthritis may ease pain and slow down the progress of the disease, but scientists say it does no...
12 Oct, 2006, 12.00 AM IST