Indian pharma companies such as Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Lupin, Zydus Cadila, and Sun Pharma are already working on anti-obesity drugs.
Sun Pharma, Dr. Reddy's, Lupin, Torrent, and Zydus Cadila progressing obesity drug candidates in response to rising demand.
Scindia was addressing a presser on the Union Health Ministry’s initiatives to tackle COVID-19.
Zydus Lifesciences announced receiving final approval from the US health regulator to commercialize the drug with a market size of $195 million.
The Covid-19 vaccination drive for children below the age of 18 might revive India's stuttering programme of mass inoculation of adolescents against other diseases
Pimavanserin is an atypical antipsychotic and is indicated for the treatment of hallucinations and delusions associated with Parkinson's disease psychosis.
Healthcare and frontline workers and citizens above 60 years of age with comorbidities would be administered the third dose of the same vaccine they had been given before.
The clinical trial in Australia will study the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in patients with CAPS, Zydus Cadila said in a statement.
The company has received final approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) to market Decitabine for Injection in the strength of 50 mg/vial single-dose vial.
The health ministry has given a go ahead to initiate the preparatory work for the inclusion of the indigenously-developed, needle-free jab in the national Covid inoculation drive.
ZyCoV-D is the first vaccine cleared by India's drug regulator for inoculation of those aged 12 years and above. The three doses of ZyCoV-D are to be administered 28 days apart.





