India values friendship with people of Nepal: MEAIndia has been reaching out to friendly neighbouring countries, including Nepal, in line with the prime minister’s initiative to chart out ...
An almost retracted study on hydroxychloroquine exposes perils of hasty trialsWHO last week stopped one arm of the Covid-19 Solidarity trial of HCQ, only to resume it again this week. Its decision to stop the trial wa...
Mixed opinion by Indian experts on WHO's temporary pause on hydroxychloroquine trialWhile some experts feel that after the WHO decisions, country's medical centres will have to take HCQ and chloroquine our of the treatment ...
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...
India to test four drugs as part of WHO trialPotential anti-viral agents remdesivir, chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir-ritonavir and lopinavir-ritonavir with interferon will be...
Trump admin ignored concern over hydroxychloroquine import from India, Pakistan: Fired US scientistIn a complaint filed on Tuesday before the US Office of Special Counsel, which oversees the protection of whistleblowers, Rick Bright alleg...
EU: Malaria drugs used for virus could cause side effectsThe European Medicines Agency said in a statement that chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine - two medicines embraced by U.S. President Donald...
Experts criticise India’s endorsement for use of hydroxychloroquine on Covid-19 patientsIn the absence of credible evidence, a blanket recommendation for chemoprophylaxis might be contentious, the experts said in an article pub...
Bayer's chloroquine donation to U.S. raises concern about FDA standards in pandemicOn Mar 21, two days after President Trump first touted chloroquine drugs as a "gamechanger" in the fight against COVID-19, administration o...
Thousands sign French call for chloroquine in virus fightThe French petition on the Change.org website was launched Friday by a group of doctors including Philippe Douste-Blazy, a cardiologist and...
What is chloroquine and can this decades-old drug cure the coronavirus?Around the world, countries are expanding access to hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and chloroquine (CQ).
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...
Explainer: Why are malaria pills being used against coronavirus?Studies are underway in a number of countries, including China, France and the United States, to see whether the pills - chloroquine and hy...
Trump says unproven coronavirus drugs could be 'gift from God'Trump announced last week his administration was working to dramatically expand access to hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, a related com...
FDA lifts curbs on Indian maker of malaria drug touted by Donald Trump as a Covid counterHydroxychloroquine is being snapped up by medical systems at more than twice the typical pace as U.S. hospitals seek to build large invento...
Mumbai based IPCA gets a shot in the arm as USFDA suspends import ban for key Covid-19 drugIPCA has a market share of nearly 70% of these drugs, as it is one of the largest suppliers of the active pharmaceutical ingredient of thes...
'New malaria vaccine found 100 per cent effective'The Plasmodium falciparum parasite is responsible for most malaria infections and almost all deaths caused by the disease worldwide.