INDIA TO IMPORT 450,000 VIALS OF ANTIVIRAL DRUG REMDESIVIR FROM U.S. & EGYPT

Highlights

• The ministry said the government has already started importing Remdesivir from other nations in order to tackle the shortage in the country

• Government of India to purchase 450,000 vials from M/s Gilead Sciences Inc USA and Egyptian pharma company named...

GILEAD COULD GET FDA APPROVAL FOR USE OF REMDESIVIR DESPITE MIXED TRIAL RESULTS

Highlights –

• Gilead could get FDA approval for use of Remdesivir despite mixed trail results.
• The FDA had approved in May for sale of the drug to be used on an emergency basis for patients with severe COVID-19.
• The company had publis...

GILEAD SCIENCES WILL BE ABLE TO MEET THE GLOBAL REMDESIVIR DEMAND BY OCTOBER

Highlights

• By the year-end, it plans to produce more than 2 million treatment courses
• Since January, it has increased supply of the drug more than 50-fold

Gilead Sciences said on Thursday that it will be able to meet the global deman...

5 STATES INCLUDING MAHARASHTRA, DELHI RECEIVE FIRST BATCH OF COVIFOR

Highlights

• 100-milligram vial of COVIFOR will cost Rs 5,400 and presently is available through hospitals and government only

• Hetero plans to produce one lakh vials of COVIFOR in coming two to three weeks

• Cipla signed licensing agreement with Gile...

INDIA WITNESSES BIGGEST SINGLE-DAY SPIKE OF 15,968 NEW COVID-19 CASES, TALLY OVER 4.56 LAKH

• Current Total Cases: 456,183

• Total Deaths : 14,476

• Cumulative recoveries : 258,685

• Active cases: 183,022

• Top five states that has the maximum number of cases : 

Maharashtra: Cases 139,010, number of deaths 6...

INDIAN GOVERNMENT APPROVES REMDESIVIR, SOON TO START DOMESTIC PRODUCTION

Highlights

• The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has approved use of the anti-viral drug Remdesivir 

• Remdesivir is permitted for ‘restricted emergency use' on severely ill coronavirus patients

• At present, India’s top fo...

BABA RAMDEV's PATANJALI CLAIMS OF FINDING THE REMEDY FOR COVID-19

Highlights

• Balkrishna, the Co-founder and Chairman of Patanjali claimed that several patients tested negative for coronavirus after they were given the medicine developed by the company

• Previously Baba Ramdev had claimed that plants of Ashwangandha and Giloy prov...

INDIA WITNESSES BIGGEST SPIKE OF 9,304 NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES IN LAST 24 HOURS

• Current Total Cases: 216,519

• Total Deaths : 6,075

• Cumulative recoveries : 104,107

• Top five states that has the maximum number of cases : 

Maharashtra: Cases 74,860, number of deaths 2,587. New deaths 122

Tamil Nadu...

FDA PLANNING TO AUTHORIZE USE OF REMDESIVIR FOR COVID-19

Some good news regarding the possible treatment for coronavirus was brought in by the researchers and medical experts. According to the researchers, there are evidences which show effectiveness of the experimental drug remdesivir as it might help COVID-19 patients recover quickly.
Ever sin...