Shop sealed for selling Remdesivir at higher price than MRP in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur
India | April 12, 2021 12:59 ISTJabalpur administration sealed the medical shop on Sunday night after receiving a complaint against it.
Jabalpur administration sealed the medical shop on Sunday night after receiving a complaint against it.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday discussed setting up of oxygen generation plants, upgrading the number of beds and other medical facilities, besides availability of Remdesivir injections in a meeting held with members of the state COVID-19 task force. The Chief Minister in the task force meeting once again talked about imposing lockdown saying it will break Covid transmission rate.
In view of increased demand for remdesivir due to a surge in COVID-19 cases, the Centre on Sunday said the export of the antiviral injection and its Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) has been banned till the situation improves.
Union minister Nitin Gadkari has called up Sun Pharma's chief to arrange for 10,000 injections of Remdesivir in Nagpur in view of a shortage of the medicine here in Maharashtra.
People gathered in front of a medical store in MP's Indore in view of alleged shortage of Remdesivir. A local said, "I'm standing in queue since y'day. We did 'chakka jam' today.
Remdesivir may be a highly effective antiviral against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to a new single-patient study that contradicts previous research which found the drug had no impact on death rates from the disease.
The combination of baricitinib, an anti-inflammatory drug, and remdesivir, an antiviral, reduced time to recovery for people hospitalized with COVID-19, according to clinical trial results published Friday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain thanked Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan for donating 500 Remdesivir injections.
World Health Organization guidelines panel advised against using the antiviral remdesivir for hospitalized patients, saying there’s no evidence it improves survival or avoids the need for breathing machines.
The Supreme Court Thursday sought response from the Centre on a plea alleging that two medicines Remdesivir and Favipiravir, are being used for treatment of COVID-19 without approval.
The drug, which California-based Gilead Sciences Inc. is calling Veklury, cut the time to recovery by five days — from 15 days to 10 on average — in a large study led by the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
Gilead Sciences Inc's remdesivir had little or no effect on COVID-19 patients' length of hospital stay or chances of survival, a clinical trial by the World Health Organization (WHO) has found. The antiviral medication was among the first to be used as a treatment for COVID-19.
A batch of Remdesivir for treatment of COVID-19 patients has been withdrawn in view of 'sub-standard quality' of the medicine, Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope said on Wednesday.
Amid surge of coronavirus cases in Odisha, the state government has allowed the sale of Favipiravir tablet and Remdesivir injectable formulation in stores for the treatment of coronavirus patients on Saturday.
Dr. Reddys Laboratories Ltd on Wednesday announced the launch of Remdesivir, meant for treatment of COVID-19 patients, under a brand name 'Redyx' in India.
The company will make the drug available to over 1,000 hospitals providing COVID-19 treatment, Jubilant Life Sciences said in a statement.
The Union health ministry has asked the Drugs Controller General of India to ensure equitable distribution of Remdesivir and Tocilizumab drugs, which have been included as "investigational therapies" in the national treatment protocols for COVID-19, across the country.
Canada has announced its authorisation for using the drug remdesivir for treating patients suffering severe symptoms of Covid-19 who have pneumonia and require extra oxygen to help them breathe.
The police on Wednesday arrested several persons in connection with black marketing of Remdesivir and Tocilizumab injections, used in Covid-19 treatment.
Noida-headquartered Jubilant Life Science has reportedly received permission to manufacture Remdesivir for emergency use with same conditions as given to other companies like Hetero, Cipla and Mylan.
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