'Fake' drugs row: Directorate of Vigilance asks health department to withdraw drugs that failed testsThe Directorate of Vigilance of the Delhi government has written to the health department to withdraw the drugs that failed quality standar...
24 Dec, 2023, 05.56 PM IST
Study reveals high-dose Covid treatment is less effective in India than EuropeResearchers, including those from Copenhagen University Hospital and Apollo Hospitals in India, found that a larger dose (12 mg) did not sh...
27 Nov, 2023, 06.54 PM IST
High-dose Covid treatment less effective in India than Europe: Lancet studyA recent study published in The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia journal indicates that a higher dose of the COVID-19 drug, dexameth...
27 Nov, 2023, 05.38 PM IST
Third wave fear: Delhi regulator asks pharma firms to keep buffer drug stocks readyThe Drugs Control Department of Delhi has written to the drug manufacturers’ association and the chemists association of the city urging th...
24 Aug, 2021, 07.43 AM IST
Niti Aayog takes stock of Covid-19 drug supplyThe Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) under the health ministry had repeatedly sought the meeting to assess enhancing the produ...
20 May, 2021, 06.39 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
WHO-led COVID drug scheme doubles down on antibodies, steroids and shuns remdesivirThe WHO draft document, seen by Reuters and dated Oct. 30, says the priorities are to secure monoclonal antibodies in a tight market and to...
05 Nov, 2020, 09.42 PM IST
Pricing regulator asks pharma companies to provide stock details to ensure availability of drugsIt has sought details such as production and sale of these drugs in the past two years, stock lying with the company as on date, production...
08 Jul, 2020, 09.27 AM IST
Health Ministry adds steroid dexamethasone in COVID-19 treatment protocolThe updated protocol includes the advice to use dexamethasone as an alternative choice to methylprednisolone for managing moderate to sever...
27 Jun, 2020, 03.25 PM IST
Local Covid drug makers ramp up capacityThis follows companies successfully developing the formulations Favipiravir and Remdesivir, the drugs, which along with dexamethasone have ...
23 Jun, 2020, 09.17 PM IST
Indian drug firms cheer dexamethasone efficacy on severe COVID-19 patientsM P Gupta, general manager of Mahima Lifesciences, a Chandigarh-based steroid API maker, said the company was expecting a jump in raw mater...
18 Jun, 2020, 10.03 AM IST
Steroid dexamethasone reduces deaths among patients with severe Covid-19, trial showsThere are currently no approved treatments or vaccines for Covid-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus which has killed more than 4...
17 Jun, 2020, 06.21 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
Aurobindo Pharma gets USFDA nod to manufacture multi disease treatment injectionAccording to a statement issued by the city-based drug maker, the product is expected to be launched by the last quarter of the current fis...
02 Dec, 2015, 07.33 PM IST
Aurobindo gets USFDA nod for multi disease treatment injectionAurobindo Pharma today said it has received final approval of the US health regulator to manufacture and market its Dexamethasone Sodium Ph...
02 Dec, 2015, 04.11 PM IST
- Strides receives US FDA approval for two drugs
Pharmaceutical firm Strides Arcolab today said it has received US regulatory approval for its two new drugs used for normalising blood circ...
02 Sep, 2008, 11.48 AM IST