By Cara Murez and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, April 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved the antiviral remdesivir as the first COVID-19 treatment for young children. The drug had so far only been available to this age group under … Read more
Dec. 23, 2021 — The antiviral remdesivir, an intravenous drug given mostly to seriously ill COVID-19 patients in hospitals, could keep unvaccinated people who become infected out of the hospital if given on an outpatient basis, a new study says. Researchers studied 562 unvaccinated people from September 2020 to April 2021, according to the study … Read more
What is the status of counterfeiting in the pharmaceutical industry? What is the Status in India? Is counterfeiting affecting only the pharmaceutical industry? What are the latest trends? Substandard, spurious, falsely labelled, falsified, and counterfeit medical products collectively called as SSFFC medical products are by their very nature difficult to detect. They are often designed … Read more
With the COVID-19 cases in Tamil Nadu showing a steady increase, AIADMK Joint Coordinator and Leader of Opposition K Palaniswami on Saturday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking increased allocation of oxygen and Remdesivir drug, used in treating coronavirus infected. In his letter, the former Chief Minister said that the second wave of coronavirus … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called up the chief ministers of Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh, to understand the ground situation with respect to the Covid-19 pandemic and promised to extend all help to beat the second wave raging across the country. Modi also emphasised on the need for coordination between … Read more
Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Tuesday attacked Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, accusing him of levelling false allegations against the Centre over the supply of medical oxygen and Remdesivir injections to the state. He said the Centre has formed an empowered committee for the allocation and every state is being supplied oxygen according to its … Read more
Remdesivir was used only because there was no other anti-viral drug available to treat Covid-19, he said. Indian Council of Medical Research director general Dr Balram Bhargava said on Monday the second wave had seen oxygen usage go up with 54.5% of patients needing it in the March-April 2021 period compared to 41.1% in September-November … Read more
Talk to patients getting treated for COVID and in fact, a colleague of this writer is currently in a hospital in Delhi coping with COVID and desperately in need of Remdesivir. An utter disregard to pandemic-related safety measures is reaching dangerous proportions in India and almost seems symptomatic of a new devil-may-care attitude where even … Read more
Amid the spiralling COVID-19 crisis in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said 6,000 more beds will be added in the next three to four days and warned hospitals of strict action if they are found giving wrong information or turning away coronavirus patients despite availability of beds. He also asked the Centre to … Read more
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan was quoted as saying that the centre had supplied 13.10 crore vaccine doses to the states and states had only utilised 11.4 crore doses so far leaving about 1.6 crore unused doses with them. With shortage of antiviral Remdesivir drug getting reported from several states, the central government has urged … Read more