Remdesivir, tocilizumab helped patients: StudySeverely ill Covid-19 patients fared better when they received remdesivir and tocilizumab, two experimental drugs given individually or in ...
Will antibody cocktail of Roche reduce demand for Tocilizumab: Delhi High CourtThe query was posed to the government by Justice Prathiba M Singh after Roche India, which supplies Tocilizumab in India, told the court it...
Additional 45,000 vials of COVID-19 drug tocilizumab allocated to states: GowdaEarlier, 9,900 vials of tocilizumab were allocated to states and union territories on April 30, the chemicals and fertilizers minister adde...
Avoid over-reliance on foreign drugs in COVID-19 treatment: HCA bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G S Kulkarni said that in light of the shortage of Tocilizumab, the government must tel...
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...
Private hospitals to get remdesivir and tocilizumab through state governmentsPrivate hospitals won’t be able to procure remdesivir and tocilizumab required for Covid-19 treatment directly from manufacturers and will ...
Roche to boost Tocilizumab supply to meet rising demand in IndiaThe cost of the drug in India is upwards of ₹50,000 per vial. However, due to shortage the drug has been selling at exorbitant prices accor...
Tocilizumab also found to be ineffective in coronavirus treatment, finds studyIndia’s clinical management protocol for Covid-19 advises the use of tocilizumab for treatment of patients who are in the severe stage of C...
Government looks to review Tocilizumab inclusion for treatment, againTocilizumab,a rheumatoid arthritis drug, is part of the health ministry’s clinical management protocol for Covid-19 under investigational t...
ICMR reviewing use of tocilizumab for treatment of coronavirus pandemicTocilizumab is a rheumatoid arthritis drug manufactured by Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche under the brand name Actemra. The medication ...
Tocilizumab may improve survival in sickest COVID-19 patients, scientists sayAmong other treatments, they said tocilizumab was considered for off-label usage for the patients whose respiratory symptoms were declining...
Tocilizumab fails to improve condition of severe Covid-19 patientsThe result of the COVACTA study dashes the hopes of experts who were looking to use the rheumatoid arthritis drug as treatment option for C...
Health ministry asks DGCI to ensure equitable distribution of Remdesivir, Tocilizumab drugsThe ministry has shot off a letter to the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), asking it to ascertain how many states and Union territ...
Indiscriminate use led to bogus tocilizumab injections: FDCAThe patented drug is manufactured only by Switzerland-based Roche Pharma and marketed in India by Cipla, he said, adding that since May, as...
BMC to acquire 20,000 doses of Tocilizumab even as trials yet to determine efficacyThe health ministry has also recommended tocilizumab in its national clinical guidelines, which say the drug may be considered for patients...
Sanofi halts trials of IL-6 drug for Covid-19, India to continue with trial of another drug of similar classThe decision casts a shadow on other similar classes of drugs such as Tocilizumab by Swiss drug maker Roche pharma, that are under trial fo...
Treating Covid-19: Clinical trials using arthritis drug get nod“The CDSCO (Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation) has approved a vital randomised controlled trial on Covid-19 treatment with a biol...