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US FDA study warns against certain treatments for Omicron. Details hereWith the continuous rise in Omicron cases of Covid-19, patients are looking at various drug options to relieve some symptoms. US-based infe...
USFDA revokes emergency use status to two Covid antibody therapies"Because data show these treatments are highly unlikely to be active against the omicron variant, which is circulating at a very high frequ...
Covid cases on the rise, experts call for newer drugs, faster approvalsThe Drug Controller General of India had last week approved Merck and Ridgeback’s antiviral molnupiravir for the treatment of mild-to-moder...
Omicron variant resistant to antibodies, two vaccine doses: StudyHowever, the study found that a third dose of the Pfizer vaccine, and mixing Pfizer and AstraZeneca preventives may protect well against th...
India may have to wait longer for Pfizer, GSK's Covid drugsLast month Pfizer had announced an agreement with the UN's Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) for licensing antiviral intellectual property to MPP...
Does your toddler avoid eating solid food? It can be a sign of CovidThe common health issues like diabetes, heart attack & stroke up the risk for severe Covid.
CBIC notifies GST hike on green gear including solar panelsSolar panels and modules, bio-gas plants, solar power generators, windmills, solar lamps, tidal waves energy devices or plants and their pa...
GST Council Meet: Tax reduction on life saving drugs, and other key highlightsReducing taxes on life-saving medicines, bringing petrol and diesel within the ambit of indirect tax, rationalizing an inverted duty struct...
First physical GST Council meeting since pandemic begins in LucknowInclusion of petroleum products, petrol and diesel within GST is set to be a hot topic of debate as high taxes and cess have pushed fuel pr...
Centre to present options to states for meeting compensation shortfall at GST Council meetingThe GST compensation is calculated as per the formula provided in the Compensation Act and is released on a bi-monthly basis. However, due ...
Monoclonal antibody treatment combo keeps high-risk Covid patients out of hospital: StudyThe research enrolled nearly 1,400 patients, of whom 696 received the drug combo.
How does the Delta variant dodge the immune system? Scientists find cluesThe variant, first identified in India, is believed to be about 60% more contagious than Alpha, the version of the virus that thrashed Brit...
Zydus Cadila, first Indian Company gets permission for clinical trials of antibodies cocktail to treat COVID-19: SourcesThe only Indian company Zydus Cadila which claims to have developed neutralising monoclonal antibodies (mAbs)-based cocktail for the treatm...
Eli Lilly India gets nod for emergency use of antibody drugs combination for COVID-19The company has received permission for restricted emergency use of its monoclonal antibody drugs, bamlanivimab 700 mg and etesevimab 1400 ...
CDC ramps up research on highly contagious variant from IndiaWhile U.S. cases attributed to the B.1.617 variant currently sit below 1%, the growth rate remains unclear due to the small sample size. Me...
B.1.617 can evade antibodies, vaccination reduces severity: StudiesThe study cites data from an unnamed Delhi hospital where 33 health workers were infected by B.1.617 despite receiving Covishield doses.
WHO says Covid-19 variant B.1.617 first found in India detected in 44 countries"As of May 11, over 4,500 sequences have been uploaded to GISAID and assigned to B.1.617 from 44 countries in all six WHO regions," the glo...
Pfizer begins early-stage study of oral drug to combat coronavirusThe drugmaker, which developed the first authorized COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S. with Germany's BioNTech SA, said the antiviral candidate s...
Eli Lilly and Co to supply 650,000 more doses of COVID-19 drug to U.S. governmentThe new purchase is part of a U.S. government deal to secure nearly 1 million doses of Lilly's bamlanivimab, a treatment similar to Regener...
US allows emergency use of first COVID-19 antibody drugThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted emergency use authorization (EUA) to Eli Lilly & Co's bamlanivimab based on trial data showi...