State Drug Controllers to take stock of issues in procurement and prices of HCQs, azithromycin and paracetamol APIs: DCGI

The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has asked details from drugs controllers in states and Union Territories regarding procurement and pricing of these three APIs and KSMs so as…

FDA: License issued to 7 more companies to manufacturers medical oxygen

The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued licenses to seven manufacturers of industrial oxygen to produce medical oxygen for corona virus patients by increasing the total count to…

Dr Reddy’s NDA approved for migraine drug by FDA

The company’s NDA (new drug application) Elyxyb (celecoxib oral solution 25 mg/mL) has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), according to Dr Reddy’s Laboratories. The latest…

ICMR shortlisted 21 hospitals for plasma trials

NEW DELHI: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has shortlisted 21 hospitals to conduct clinical trials for plasma therapy, which uses antibodies from the blood of cured patients, to…

AIIMS: Covid-19 pandemic yet to peak in India

“According to modeling data and the way our cases are increasing, it is likely that peak can come in June and July warned director of All India Institute Medical Sciences…

Export of Alcohol-based hand sanitisers banned

The Centre government has banned the export of alcohol-based hand sanitisers to other countries also suffering with coronavirus pandemic. The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) that comes under the…

COVID-19: Health Ministry asks AIOCD to ensure availability of critical drugs management of virus

Health ministry has forwarded a list of 55 drugs for ICU management of Covid-19 patients and a list of 96 drugs for general availability and treatment of various other health…

Ensure Corona reports be available within 2 days: Delhi High Court

New Delhi: Delhi High Court asked the Delhi government to ensure that reports of Covid-19 tests conducted on suspected patients is available within 24-48 hours. A bench of Justices Hima…

Gilead: Remdesivir to be available globally

New Delhi: For the expansion of global capacity and production of remdesivir, the drug that has shown results for shortening time for Covid-19 patients, the Gilead Science Inc has said…

COVID-19: Health Minister calls upon all scientific departments to develop enhanced synergy

Dr. Harsh Vardhan, the minister for Science and Technology, Earth Sciences and Health and Family Welfare reviewed through video-conferencing the various initiatives CSIR has taken up to mitigate COVID-19 in…