Vaccines Task Force permits institutes to share bio-specimen
NEW DELHI: The Vaccine Task Force (VTF) set up by Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) for research on Covid-19 vaccines has permitted research institutions and laboratories to use the samples of…
COVID-19: PGIMS, Rohtak granted approval by DCGI to start clinical trials on BCG vaccine for treatment
The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted approval to Pandit B.D Sharma Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS), Rohtak in Haryana to start clinical trials on tuberculosis vaccine,…
Amid Lockdown 1st Inclusive COVID 19 Fighters Live eHealth Summit held
New Delhi: A much needed and inclusive 1st COVID-19 Fighters Live eHEALTH Summit amid the lockdown was organised online on 2nd May 2020. The eSummit lasted for 8 hours from…
Look who @ 76 sees Light at the end of COVID Tunnel!
New Delhi: Diabetes, hypertension, respiratory failure and kidney failure. Add to this, twin fractures in limbs. Bogged down by these co-morbidities, the lady @76 is a perfect candidate for being…
Use Food as Medicine while Stuck in Home
New Delhi: One of the last words of Late Steve Jobs, the tech wizard of Apple Computers fame is – Eat your food as your medicines, otherwise you will have…
ICMR disbands committee formed on research for drug and vaccine
MUMBAI: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has disbanded a committee tasked with research for developing a vaccine and drugs to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, a member of…
COVID-19: USFDA granted emergency use to Roche for antibody test
The Emergency use approval has been granted to Roche from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for an antibody test in determining if people have ever been infected with…
USFDA granted approval to Aurobindo Pharma for Flucytosine Capsules
Aurobindo Pharma received its final approval from the US Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) to manufacture and market Flucytosine Capsules, 250 mg and 500 mg. Flucytosine Capsules are used for…
CDSCO: WHO-GMP/CoPP validity to be extend by six months
A letter has been issued to all the States and Union Territories Drug Controllers by Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) informing about a six-month extension of validity of WHO…
COVID-19: US FDA includes ventilator developed by NASA in emergency use authorisation (EUA)
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) included under the ventilator emergency use authorization (EUA), a ventilator developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to treat covid-19 patients.…
