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A peer reviewed study titled Early Remdesivir to Prevent Progression to Severe Covid 19 in Outpatients found that patients who received a 3 day course of Remdesivir had an 87 per cent lower risk of Covid 19 related death ....
CDSCO approves antibody cocktail drug for restricted emergency use to treat mild Covid-19 cases CDSCO approves use of antibodies cocktail drug (Casirivimab and Imdevimab) for restricted emergency use to treat mild to moderate Covid-19 in adults and paediatric patients. advertisement Health workers inspect Covid-19 patients at a hospital in New Delhi. (Photo credit: PTI). The Indian regulatory body, Central Drugs Standards Control Organisation (CDSCO), has approved the use of antibodies cocktail drug (Casirivimab and Imdevimab), for restricted emergency used to treat mild to moderate Covid-19 in adults and paediatric patients (12 years or weighing more than at least 40 kg). Antibodies Cocktail Drug can be a game-changer in Covid-19 treatment, especially when these are recommended to be given at the early stages of laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection positive result. Theis is preferebly administered within 10 days of symptoms onset. ....
This emergency use authorisation (EUA) will now enable Roche to import the globally manufactured product batches to India and will be marketed as well as distributed in India through a strategic partnership with Cipla Limited. ....
Millions Of Vials Of Remdesivir Exported, Now Indians Suffering Due To Shortage: Delhi HC Raps Centre Remdesivir, an antiviral drug which was originally developed to treat Hepatitis C, is being used in many parts of India to treat Covid-19 patients. File Photo Outlook Web Bureau 2021-04-27T20:17:05+05:30 Millions Of Vials Of Remdesivir Exported, Now Indians Suffering Due To Shortage: Delhi HC Raps Centre outlookindia.com 2021-04-27T20:21:11+05:30 Also read Taking cognizance of the shortage of Remdesivir, an antiviral drug used in the treatment of Covid-19, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday said that the export of millions of vials of the drug has caused a scarcity of the same in the country. ....
Dr Neeraj Nischal India is facing an acute shortage of Remdesivir, an injectable anti-viral drug, in the wake of the spiralling Covid-19 cases. The Centre has banned its export, states are sending special flights to get it from the manufacturers, and there have been protests against the shortage. But how crucial is the drug really? Dr Neeraj Nischal, additional professor, internal medicine at AIIMS, explains to Durgesh Nandan Jha How crucial is Remdesivir in the treatment of Covid patients? Remdesivir is an anti-viral drug that has been repurposed from the Ebola pandemic. It works by incorporating itself into the genetic material of the virus and prevents the replicating enzyme from making new copies of the virus. The mechanism appears very promising, but the actual effect on patients is not so. Thinking Remdesivir as a miracle cure for Covid is wrong. In fact, most patients don’t require remdesivir for surviving this disease. ....