Torrent & Aurobindo receive licenses to sell Pfizer's COVID pill Paxlovid in India, low income countriesThe oral COVID-19 treatment comprises of nirmatrelvir, which inhibits a SARS-CoV-2 protein to stop the virus from replicating and ritonavir...
17 Mar, 2022, 08.53 PM IST
Bangladesh drug maker Beximco launches world's first generic of Pfizer's COVID antiviralPfizer's novel antiviral pill showed almost 90% efficacy in preventing hospitalizations and deaths in high-risk patients, and recent data f...
30 Dec, 2021, 06.31 PM IST
Pfizer says antiviral pill cut hospitalisation by 89%, neutralised Omicron in lab testsThe company said the 88% efficacy in patients treated within five days of symptom onset, was an increase from the 85% observed in the inter...
14 Dec, 2021, 06.17 PM IST
Local firms gear up to seek licence for Pfizer's Covid drugUS drug giant Pfizer on Tuesday announced a deal with MPP - a UN-backed public health organization - to issue royalty-free voluntary licenc...
18 Nov, 2021, 10.39 AM IST
Pfizer enters deal with UN-backed MPP to license COVID drug in 95 countries including IndiaPfizer said it will waive royalties on sales in all countries covered by the agreement while COVID-19 remains classified as a Public Health...
16 Nov, 2021, 07.33 PM IST
Pfizer starts large trial for anti-Covid pillIn the trial, PF-07321332, designed to block the activity of a key enzyme needed for the coronavirus to multiply, will be administered alon...
27 Sep, 2021, 08.44 PM IST
WHO ending hydroxycholorquine trial for COVIDWHO says a review of the interim results showed hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir/ritonavir "produce little or no reduction in the mortality...
05 Jul, 2020, 11.30 PM IST
Antiviral hyped as potential Covid treatment "ineffective", finds major studyLopinavir-ritonavir showed “no beneficial effect” in hospitalised patients not on ventilators, as per University of Oxford’s Recovery trial...
30 Jun, 2020, 10.35 AM IST
India to test four drugs for Covid-19 as part of the WHO solidarity trialOn Wednesday the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) announced that potential anti-viral agents, Remdesivir, Chloroquine/Hydroxychlor...
15 May, 2020, 03.35 PM IST
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...
14 May, 2020, 06.56 AM IST
Kerala: British national given HIV antiretroviral drugs to treat coronavirus now tests negativeA British national, who was administered HIV antiretroviral drugs for treating his coronavirus infection, has tested negative, doctors at t...
26 Mar, 2020, 11.09 AM IST
Coronavirus: HIV drugs can be used in severe cases, says ICMRAccording to ICMR experts, the inclusion of the anti-HIV drugs for treating Covid-19 was based on earlier evidence about their effectivenes...
15 Mar, 2020, 10.54 AM IST
Pharma department tells companies to step up manufacture of anti-HIV drugsExperts meets pharma execs seeking enough stock of Lopinavir and Ritonavir to be kept ready for India.
13 Mar, 2020, 08.15 AM IST
Pharma companies set to supply ARVs for ‘treatment’Though there is no formal cure discovered to treat the virus, the treatment protocol established in China and confirmation by physicians in...
04 Feb, 2020, 06.54 AM IST
Hetero launches FDC combination of key HIV drugsThe FDC drug ‘Darunavir+Ritonavir’ is an anti-retroviral medication indicated for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) in ...
14 Nov, 2017, 05.34 PM IST
DCGI eases norms for HIV paediatric drugs productionThe decision comes two months after ET reported how payment delays and regulatory hurdles had forced companies such as Cipla to stop produc...
07 Jun, 2017, 01.04 AM IST
Cipla gets USFDA nod for Lopinavir, Ritonavir oral pelletsCipla has received approval from US health regulator USFDA for Lopinavir and Ritonavir oral pellets used for treating AIDS in infants and y...
03 Jun, 2015, 06.01 PM IST