BT MindRush 2021: According to Dr Sangita Reddy, one of the drastic changes that she saw during the COVID-19 outbreak was the low footfall of patients in the hospitals because many people were scared that they would get infected by the virus

Full authorisation-better known as \"full pre-qualification\"-is a pre-requisite to sell the vaccine in the open market or for mass immunisation of healthy individuals who are not frontline workers

While hospitals in Delhi and Mumbai have reported some cases, Gujarat's Ahmedabad has registered at least 44 cases of mucormycosis, claiming 9 lives

The researchers from Alagappa University in Tamil Nadu and KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden propose a list of individual drugs and cocktails that deserve testing for the treatment of Covid-19

Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurved paid Rs 4,350 crore to take over Ruchi Soya in 2019. The acquisition helped Patanjali acquire edible oil plants as also soybean oil brands such as Mahakosh and Ruchi Gold

The world of vaccine and drug development is being reset. Here's how Indian pharma must reinvent to lead the new era of drug discovery and research

In an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 24, the civil society representatives said the current incidence, prevalence, and fatality status of COVID-19 disease in India, do not call for such an approach

The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge had gone viral on social media in the summer of 2014. Thousands around the world were pouring buckets of ice-cold water on themselves in order to raise awareness about ALS and to urge people to donate towards ALS research

The study found that patients of confirmed COVID-19 with moderate symptoms were discharged from hospital earlier than those patients that did not receive Favipiravir, with the median time to clinical cure reduced by 2.5 days compared with the control group.

Recently, a team of scientists at Cardiff University in the UK also made a similar claim that mouthwash could help destroy coronavirus within 30 seconds of being exposed to it in a lab

The government has amended the Indian Medicine Central Council Regulations, 2016, to introduce formal training in these procedures as part of the curriculum for postgraduate students of shalya (general surgery) and shalakya (diseases of ear, nose, throat, ENT, eye, head, oro-dentistry) specialisations

Recently, Indian pharma companies are witnessing rampant cyber threats as they are delivering affordable medicines on a large scale amid the coronavirus pandemic

Cipla Q2 results: India business grew by 17 per cent YoY and 33 per cent QoQ on the back of strong growth across businesses and continued servicing of patients with COVID-19 portfolio

Validated and approved by ICMR and the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, Cipla's ELIfast is found to have specificity and sensitivity of 99.33 per cent and 92 per cent, respectively

Even before COVID-19 vaccine is ready, India is busy planning how to distribute the cure to different parts of the country, and the task is enormous

Presently, there are around 40 different coronavirus vaccines in various stages of human clinical trials, comprising one being developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca, which is already in an advanced stage of testing

Chebrolu's invention is based on in-silico methodology. In this, a lead molecule selectively binds with spike protein of COVID-19. She is now planning to work with scientists who are working tirelessly to find vaccine against COVID-19

The WHO said that the Solidarity trial looked at the effects of these treatments on overall mortality, initiation of ventilation, and duration of hospital stay in hospitalised patients

Apollo Hospitals Group Executive Vice-Chairperson Shobana Kamineni said that the group will work with the government in tandem to ensure that maximum number of people gets the coronavirus vaccine safe and fast

Coronavirus vaccine update: Bharat Biotech is ready to start Covaxin's Phase 3 trail to test the vaccine on about 28,500 volunteers