COVID-19: Favipiravir shows hope in Mumbai trialWhile the WHO last week recommended that antiviral remdesivir not be used for severely ill Covid-19 patients, Mumbai doctors published the ...
23 Nov, 2020, 11.16 AM IST
After tablets, Hetero working on antiviral medicine Favipiravir injectionsIf successful, Hetero will become the first Indian drug maker to introduce favipiravir in injection form which is hitherto available only i...
08 Oct, 2020, 10.19 AM IST
Favipiravir fastest molecule to cross Rs 100 crFavipiravir, a drug used in the treatment of Covid-19 patients with mild symptoms, became the largest-selling medicine in India in Septembe...
29 Sep, 2020, 07.51 AM IST
Hetero launches pack of generic COVID-19 drug favipiravir at Rs 2,640"The launch of 'Favivir 800/200' is aimed at enhancing patients' adherence to treatment regimen by reducing the number of pills they are re...
25 Sep, 2020, 07.06 PM IST
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
Pharma euphoria may reverse soon, and how!Ipca’s export formulations business grew by 89 per cent to 1,500 crore. Sales of HCQ for the quarter totalled Rs 200 crore. The share price...
21 Aug, 2020, 10.57 AM IST
Hyderabad pharmaceutical Raghava Life Sciences gets nod to make Favipiravir APIThe Hyderabad-based producer of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) had in May commercialised the Favipiravir API and is currently dis...
10 Aug, 2020, 07.36 AM IST
Lupin launches coronavirus drug Favipiravir in India at Rs 49 per tabletFavipiravir has received authorisation from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for emergency use, Lupin said in a regulatory filin...
05 Aug, 2020, 12.13 PM IST
Cipla all set to launch Favipiravir drug for treatment of COVID patients: CSIRAn off-patent anti-viral drug, Favipiravir, originally discovered by Fuji Pharma in Japan, has shown promise in clinical trials for treatme...
23 Jul, 2020, 09.39 PM IST
Trial results show significant faster time to clinical improvement with Favipiravir: GlenmarkResults from the Phase 3 trial showed numerical improvements for the primary efficacy endpoint with 28.6 per cent faster viral clearance in...
23 Jul, 2020, 09.22 AM IST
Drug firms get DGCI nod for Covid drug favipiravir despite inconclusive studyOn Tuesday, Hyderabad-based Biophore India Pharmaceuticals said it has received approval from the Drug Controller General of India (DGCI) t...
14 Jul, 2020, 10.04 PM IST
Favirpiravir yet to find favour with ICMRHowever, the experts were not convinced and decided not to put it in the revised treatment protocol,” a person aware of the matter told ET ...
01 Jul, 2020, 10.45 PM IST
Glenmark launches Favipiravir: Medics say 'no magic bullet' for COVID but will help amid rising cases"This drug was already being used in Japan for influenza. They have been using it in COVID-19 patients also. Even China was using it and Ru...
23 Jun, 2020, 09.23 PM IST
Russia enters final stage of clinical trial of drug to treat Covid patientsRussian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, and ChemRar Group on Friday announced the start of the final stage o...
22 May, 2020, 02.52 PM IST
Russia inches closer to create drug to treat Covid-19Six leading medical centers in Moscow, Smolensk and Nizhny Novgorod are currently participating in clinical trials, including I.M. Sechenov...
14 May, 2020, 08.15 PM IST
Strides Pharma develops Favipiravir antiviral tablets; drug shows positive outcome in COVID-19 treatmentStrides Pharma Science Ltd on Wednesday said it has developed and commercialised Favipiravir antiviral tablets and stressed that the drug h...
29 Apr, 2020, 01.23 PM IST
A Mumbai company is working on a potential coronavirus medicineFavipiravir, an off-patent drug originally owned by Japanese drug maker Fuji, holds potential against RNA viruses, one of which is Covid-19...
20 Mar, 2020, 01.19 PM IST