The query was posed to the government by Justice Prathiba M Singh after Roche India, which supplies Tocilizumab in India, told the court it...

The HC also said the nodal officers must check if any one, including celebrities or politicians, was indulging in illegal procurement, blac...

Asking the White House to increase shipments of oxygen cylinders, Remdesivir, Tocilizumab and ventilators to Indian hospitals, she thanked ...

A bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G S Kulkarni said that in light of the shortage of Tocilizumab, the government must tel...

Justice Prathiba M Singh said the officials of the ministry and the department shall hold a meeting with representatives of Roche India and...

Non-governmental organisation Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (JSA) filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court, seeking a direction to the Union gover...

Private hospitals won’t be able to procure remdesivir and tocilizumab required for Covid-19 treatment directly from manufacturers and will ...

The application sought direction to the Centre to issue appropriate ad-hoc guidelines, orders or notifications "exempting COVID-19 related ...

The cost of the drug in India is upwards of ₹50,000 per vial. However, due to shortage the drug has been selling at exorbitant prices accor...

US drugmaker Gilead Sciences on Tuesday donated 450,000 vials of the Covid-19 drug remdesivir to India, even as the delayed supplies from i...

Keeping in view the limited supplies of vaccine expected initially, the chief minister constituted an expert group, comprising eminent viro...

"We have scaled up the production of remdesivir by 2x from the last wave of the pandemic. Given the unprecedented demand for the drug, we h...

"We have scaled up the production of remdesivir by 2x from the last wave of the pandemic," Cipla said in a statement. "Given the unpreceden...

The leaders of big pharma came together for a joint press conference to give an update on the way ahead for Covid-19 treatment and vaccines...

The patented drug is manufactured only by Switzerland-based Roche Pharma and marketed in India by Cipla, he said, adding that since May, as...

The health ministry has also recommended tocilizumab in its national clinical guidelines, which say the drug may be considered for patients...

In India, the drug sold under the brand name Actemra, is approved for the use in autoimmune disease such as rheumatoid arthritis and for si...