Gilead announces steps to expand availability of remdesivir in India

American biopharmaceutical company Gilead has announced steps to expand the availability of remdesivir, a key therapeutic medicine used in the treatment of Covid-19 patients, in India. Remdesivir is approved in India for restricted emergency use for the treatment of…

Brazil health regulator rejects Russia’s Sputnik vaccine

The Brazilian health regulator Anvisa on Monday rejected importing the Russian-made Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine requested by state governors battling a deadly second wave of the virus that is battering Latin America’s largest nation.…

Govt Job for Pharmacists at Northern Railway

Northern Railway, the Jewel Set in the Crown of Indian Railways, has embarked on the mission to vanquish distances and create its own metaphor of existence. Formally established in the year…

Govt: States Now Have 2 Vaccine Supply Channels, One Of Them Free

NEW DELHI : The norms and eligibility for Covid-19 vaccination have been eased to allow a free hand to states as well as private sector to ensure more people can…

IPC Starts Verifying Testing Protocols For DCGI Approved Drugs

Mumbai : The Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) has started verifying the testing protocols for Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) approved drugs recently introduced in the Indian market. With reference…

Bharat Biotech seeks DCGI’s nod to extend shelf life of Covaxin

Bharat Biotech has written to the India’s drug regulator (DCGI) seeking extension of the shelf-life of its indigenously developed C-19 vaccine Covaxin from six to 24 months, sources said on Sunday. Covaxin, along…

Govt Job for Pharmacists at Indian Railways

South Central Railway was formed on 02.10.1966 when Hubli and Vijayawada Divisions of Southern Railway and Sholapur and Secunderabad Divisions of Central Railway were carved out and merged into a new Zone.…

Zydus Cadila Gets Emergency Use Nod For ‘Virafin’ To Treat Moderate Covid-19

Ahmedabad : The Indian drug regulator on April 23 granted an emergency use approval to Zydus Cadila’s antiviral drug ‘Virafin’, a pegylated interferon alpha-2b (PegIFN), to treat moderate COVID-19 disease in…

Rajasthan CM For Uniform Pricing Of Covid Vaccines, Writes To PM

JAIPUR : Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to adopt a uniform policy for vaccinating people above 18, 45 and 60 years of…

Govt Job for Pharmacist at GRI

Gandhigram Rural Institute (GRI), founded by two dedicated disciples and contemporaries of Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. G.Ramachandran and Dr. T. S. Soundaram Ramachandran, has as its foundation Mahatma Gandhi’s revolutionary philosophy…