The company, which has its labs in England, had in early September 2020 received the approval from the Drug Controller General (DCGI) to conduct the phase 2 clinical trial of GPP-Baladol in patients with moderate infection of the pandemic with oxygen support

The trial was conducted on 40 patients since November at BJ Government Medical College and Sassoon General Hospital Pune and Victoria Medical College and Research Institute, Bangalore

Coronvirus treatment: Plitidepsin, according to the researchers, should be considered for clinical trials based on its in vivo study results. Plitidepsin aka Aplidin is owned by Spanish pharmaceutical company Pharma Mar

Close on the heels of some adverse incidents being reported, a detailed fact sheet released by Bharat Biotech says those with bleeding disorders or on blood thinners should avoid taking the shot for now

Both Pfizer and Moderna have admitted that taking their vaccines could result in side-effects similar to mild Covid symptoms such as muscle pain, chills and a headache

Confirmation of approval by National Health Regulatory Authority of Bahrain followed thorough analysis and review undertaken by authority of all available data

WHO removes Remdesivir from list of COVID-19 medicines The World Health Organization said on Friday it has suspended Gilead's remdesivir from its so-called prequalification list, an official list of medicines used as a benchmark for procurement by developing countries, after issuing guidance against its use in hospitalised Covid-19 patients. \"The suspension is a signal to countries that WHO, in compliance with the treatment guidelines, does not recommend countries procure the drug for Covi...

WHO suspended Gilead's remdesivir from its so-called prequalification list, an official list of medicines used as a benchmark for procurement by developing countries, after issuing guidance against its use in hospitalised Covid-19 patients

The advice is another setback for the drug, which grabbed worldwide attention as a potentially effective treatment for COVID-19 in the summer after early trials showed some promise

Convalescent Plasma Therapy (CPT) or passive immunotherapy has been tried in the past for treatment of viral infections like H1N1, Ebola and SARS-CoV-1 etc

Dexamethasone and other steroids are prescribed to treat cytokine storms, they said these drugs can backfire in patients whose immune response is already suppressed

Remdesivir was developed by US drugmaker Gilead Sciences, which cut its 2020 revenue forecast last month, citing lower-than-expected demand and difficulty in predicting sales of treatment

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Friday that independent monitors had recommended placing on hold enrollment of the most severely ill patients

A non-peer-reviewed study of more than 84,000 people, led by Adam Hampshire, a doctor at Imperial College London, found that in some severe cases, coronavirus infection is linked to substantial cognitive deficits for months

President Donald Trump received a similar experimental antibody drug from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc on an emergency basis when he was sickened with the coronavirus earlier this month

India participated in the trials too. In a statement issued on Friday, ICMR concluded the same and said there were no benefits of remdesivir in any of the patients

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

Several European countries have said they are experiencing shortages of the drug, whose global stock has been secured almost entirely by the United States

Donald Trump, who was admitted at Walter Reed National Military Medical centre on Friday, had received \"a single 8-gram dose\" of Regeneron's monoclonal antibody cocktail

Testosterone is associated with immune system of respiratory organs, and low levels of testosterone might increase risk of respiratory infections, says lead author Selahittin Cayan, professor of urology, University of Mersin School of Medicine, Turkey