Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw expressed her anxiousness over the community spread in India. She said that several migrants who have gone back home could be asymptomatic

The drug has been allowed for restricted emergency use for treatment of suspected or laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in adults and children hospitalised with severe symptoms, subject to several safeguards, the source said

Gilead Sciences Inc have entered into non-exclusive licensing agreements with pharma firms including three domestic majors Cipla, Jubilant Life Sciences and Hetero for manufacture and distribution of remdesivir

Share price of Cadila Healthcare gained up to 4.24% to Rs 352.4 compared to the previous close of Rs 338.05 on BSE

Trump has called hydroxychloroquine a \"game-changer\" drug in the fight against the coronavirus

Approval to explore new COVID-19 therapies, licensing and supply deals to manufacture drugs to treat the virus and fast approvals for plants under regulatory scanner have turned the fortunes of most of these companies

Considered one of the most influential Indian-American community leaders in the US, Barai alleged that certain people and media are playing with the lives of the people by not presenting the scientific facts about hydroxychloroquine

N-95 masks were earlier being sold in the market for Rs 150 to 300 per unit, but prices have been reduced after the advisory by the NPPA

Coronavirus vaccine update: Experts have welcomed the findings, saying the results showed patients on remdesivir cut their recovery time by 27 per cent

The FDA approved emergency use of remdesivir on May 1 based on preliminary results from a National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) trial showing that the drug cut hospital stays by 31%, or about four days, compared with a placebo

Henry Ford Hospital is doing a study on this now where 3,000 frontline workers will be taking hydroxychloroquine to look at its use as a prophylactic

Trump has called hydroxychloroquine a \"game-changer\" drug in the fight against the coronavirus

Researchers at Peking University believe it can take about six months before drug is ready for use; after the animal stage, planning for a clinical trial is going on in full swing 

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Companies set to announce their earnings are Apollo Tyres, Tata Power, Sanofi, Larsen & Toubro Infotech, Bajaj Finance, Embassy Office Parks REIT.

Shares of Moderna soared 39 per cent in premarket trading after the biotech announced positive interim data from a phase 1 clinical study of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine

Coronavirus vaccine update: The Canadian Center for Vaccinology at Dalhousie University has received the nod from Health Canada to begin clinical trials of the vaccine candidate

Coronavirus vaccine update: World leaders and organisations except the United States have already pledged $8 billion to research, manufacture, and distribute a possible vaccine and treatment for COVID-19

Coronavirus vaccine update: The Lucky Strike cigarette-maker also said it could produce 1 million to 3 million doses per week if it got the support of the government

Interest in Gilead's drug has been high given some promising early data and the lack of approved treatments or preventive vaccines for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus

World's No.2 cigarette company said once it gets approval from the U.S. Food and Drug administration (FDA) for the vaccine, it would progress to Phase 1 trials or testing on humans