Russia to supply Avifavir drug to 17 nations for coronavirus treatmentAvifavir will be delivered to Argentina, Bulgaria, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Kuwait, Panama, Paraguay, Saudi...
24 Sep, 2020, 03.25 PM IST
Russian sovereign wealth fund in touch with India to share advanced practices on Covid vaccine: CEO"RDIF is cooperating with Indian partners to share the most advanced practices to combat coronavirus, we have been in touch through the who...
21 Jul, 2020, 09.37 AM IST
Russian produced anti-covid drug ready for exportsThe Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, and ChemRar Group produced the first 100,000 courses of the Russ...
02 Jul, 2020, 03.56 PM IST
Russian hospitals start receiving indigenously made anti-Covid drugs; mass production launchedThe Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, and the ChemRar Group on Thursday announced the delivery of the ...
11 Jun, 2020, 05.17 PM IST
Raghava Life Sciences in talks with formulators for potential Covid drug FavipiravirFavipiravir, a generic version of Avigan that is used to treat influenza in Japan, is being studied as an experimental drug in treating the...
05 Jun, 2020, 08.32 PM IST
Gilead says drug helped moderately ill coronavirus patientsRemdesivir is the only treatment that's been shown in a rigorous experiment to help fight the coronavirus. A large study led by the Nationa...
02 Jun, 2020, 11.33 AM IST
Hydroxychloroquine-azithromycin combo may be potentially lethal: StudyHydroxychloroquine and azithromycin, alone or in combination, have been proposed for treatment of COVID-19 patients, the researchers said. ...
26 May, 2020, 01.55 PM IST
Trump's Covid 'gamechanger' hydroxychloroquine turns life-changer for an obscure Indian plantationDonald Trump vowed in March to make the affordable medication widely available to fight the pandemic, which has sickened about 2 million pe...
16 Apr, 2020, 02.29 PM IST
Trump seeks Modi's help to release Hydroxychloroquine ordered by US to treat COVID-19 patientsIndia on April 4 banned the export of Hydroxychloroquine and its formulations with immediate effect.
05 Apr, 2020, 12.51 PM IST
Malaria medicine 'Hydroxychloroquine' being administered to 1,100 COVID19 patients in New York: US President Donald TrumpAn inexpensive drug widely used since 1955 to treat malaria, Hydroxychloroquine is considered to have relatively harmless side effects. It ...
30 Mar, 2020, 12.44 PM IST
Novartis CEO says Malaria drug is biggest hope against coronavirus - SonntagsZeitungOther companies including Bayer and Teva have also agreed to donate hydroxychloroquine or similar drugs, while Gilead Sciences is testing i...
29 Mar, 2020, 01.39 PM IST
US President touts anti-malarial drug as potential treatment for coronavirusAs the number of coronavirus cases in the US continued to rise, President Donald Trump on Thursday said that hydroxychloroquine, an anti-ma...
20 Mar, 2020, 08.49 AM IST
Combination of two anti-HIV drugs proved crucial in Coronavirus treatment, Rajasthan officialAdditional Chief Secretary (Medical and Health) Rohit Kumar Singh said the patients' condition improved after they were administered the an...
16 Mar, 2020, 04.45 PM IST
Covid-19: China stalls supplies, India faces anti-retroviral shortageAntiretrovirals - used for treating coronavirus - are manufactured by around five major pharma companies in India. The demand for such drug...
13 Mar, 2020, 10.52 AM IST
Coronavirus medicine: An arthritis drug could be the answer everyone is looking forThe Chinese government approved Swiss drugmaker Roche's anti-inflammation drug Actemra to treat severe coronavirus symptoms. This comes at ...
05 Mar, 2020, 12.18 PM IST
Sun Pharma flags hypertension drug shortage due to supply constraintThe company said it does not source the active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) of the drug from China, adding that supply of some other AP...
02 Mar, 2020, 03.30 PM IST
Battling the epidemic: India readies treatment protocol for CoronavirusThe Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has approval from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) to allow a combination of lopin...
05 Feb, 2020, 07.53 AM IST