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New COVID-19 treatment rules: India cuts down use of Remdesivir, Tocilizumab, multivitamins, steroids
2 years, 11 months ago

New COVID-19 treatment rules: India cuts down use of Remdesivir, Tocilizumab, multivitamins, steroids

Firstpost  

According to the new guidelines, Remdesivir may be considered only in patients who have completed 10 days since the start of the symptoms and require supplemental oxygen. While it states that doctors can “consider Remdesivir for five days to treat hospitalised patients with COVID-19”, it also mentions that “no evidence of benefit for treatment more than five days”. Discouraging the …

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India Cuts Use of Remdesivir, Tocilizumab, Multivitamins, Steroids in Covid-19 Treatment
2 years, 11 months ago

India Cuts Use of Remdesivir, Tocilizumab, Multivitamins, Steroids in Covid-19 Treatment

News 18  

India has cut down on the use of the experimental drug Remdesivir and immunosuppressive drug Tocilizumab for the treatment of Covid-19. While it states that doctors can “consider Remdesivir for five days to treat hospitalised patients with Covid-19”, it also mentions that “no evidence of benefit for treatment more than five days”. Discouraging the overuse of steroids, the protocol for …

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COVID Drugs, Oxygen Concentrators, Ventilators To Carry 5% Tax As GST Council Slashes Rates
3 years, 6 months ago

COVID Drugs, Oxygen Concentrators, Ventilators To Carry 5% Tax As GST Council Slashes Rates

Live Law  

In its 44th meeting, the Goods and Services Tax council slashed the tax rates of several COVID drugs and essentials used in relation to pandemic control.The tax rates on medicines like Tocilizumab and Amphotericin B, used for treating Black Fungus, have been reduced from 5% to zero.Rates of Remdesivir and any other drug recommended by Ministry of Health and Family …

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DGHS issues COVID-19 treatment guidelines: Here is what document recommends on Remdesivir, Tocilizumab
3 years, 7 months ago

DGHS issues COVID-19 treatment guidelines: Here is what document recommends on Remdesivir, Tocilizumab

Firstpost  

Among the drugs and treatment methods that have been removed from the recommendations are Ivermectin, Azithromycin and plasma therapy The Union health ministry has issued guidelines on management of COVID-19 patients, dropping many drugs which have been widely used for treatment until now. While Remdesivir has been granted Emergency Use Authorisation, Tocilizumab has been approved for off-label use only FOLLOW …

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'India Not A Country For Foreign Drug Companies To Make Profits': Bombay High Court Asks Why Local Alternatives Are Not Publicised Enough
3 years, 8 months ago

'India Not A Country For Foreign Drug Companies To Make Profits': Bombay High Court Asks Why Local Alternatives Are Not Publicised Enough

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court on Thursday asked why the Union and State Government didn't publicise alternatives to imported drugs used for treating Covid-19 patients. The bench heard a clutch of PILs on Covid-19 management in the State, when advocate Rejesh Inamdar for a petitioner, pointed out how patients were dying due to the non-availability of investigational drugs like Tocilizumab and …

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Plea In SC Seeks Authorisation For Use Of Remdesivir, Favipiravir and Tocilizumab For Govt. Purposes And/Or Grant Compulsory Licenses For Their Patents
3 years, 8 months ago

Plea In SC Seeks Authorisation For Use Of Remdesivir, Favipiravir and Tocilizumab For Govt. Purposes And/Or Grant Compulsory Licenses For Their Patents

Live Law  

An Application has been filed in the suo moto matter before the Supreme Court pertaining to the COVID-19 crisis in the country seeking directions to issue authorization for using the patents for government purpose and/or notifying grant of Compulsory Licenses under Patents Act for patent covering drugs Remdesivir, Favipiravir and Tocilizumab. Filed by Jan Swasthya Abhiyan of the Drug Price …

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Don't Deny Remdesivir To Covid Patients Admitted In Non- Covid Hospitals : Bombay High Court
3 years, 8 months ago

Don't Deny Remdesivir To Covid Patients Admitted In Non- Covid Hospitals : Bombay High Court

Live Law  

Earlier this week, the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court passed pertinent directions to deal with the city's crumbling health infrastructure owing to the exponential surge in Covid-19 cases, specifically on the non-availability of anti-viral drugs Tocilizumab and Remdesivir, oxygen supply, and beds. The details of the availability of Tocilizumab Injections with the pharmacists shall be made available on …

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Timely treatment with tocilizumab likely to improve clinical outcomes in severe COVID-19 patients, finds study
4 years, 2 months ago

Timely treatment with tocilizumab likely to improve clinical outcomes in severe COVID-19 patients, finds study

Firstpost  

The drug is already approved and is used for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune disease that leads to joint inflammation and pain Patients with severe COVID-19 are likely to have short-term mortality rates between 35 percent to 62 percent, according to a study published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine. A group of researchers at US’ Birmingham and …

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Health Ministry Asks DGCI to Ensure Equitable Distribution of Remdesivir and Tocilizumab Drugs
4 years, 5 months ago

Health Ministry Asks DGCI to Ensure Equitable Distribution of Remdesivir and Tocilizumab Drugs

News 18  

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. "I am directed to say that apart from availability, the geographical distribution/reach of the drugs included as part of investigational therapies in …

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Coronavirus | No evidence yet that itolizumab, tocilizumab reduces deaths: ICMR head
4 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus | No evidence yet that itolizumab, tocilizumab reduces deaths: ICMR head

The Hindu  

There is yet no evidence from trials that itolizumab and tocilizumab, two drugs, one of which has been developed by Bengaluru-based Biocon Biologics, reduce death in severely ill coronavirus patients, Director-General of the ICMR Balram Bhargava said at a Health Ministry press briefing on Tuesday. Biocon’s COVID-19 drug tested on too few patients to reliably conclude on benefits, say experts …

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Coronavirus continues to trouble India as Centre revises treatment protocol
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus continues to trouble India as Centre revises treatment protocol

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: India on Saturday detected 22,771 fresh cases of novel coronavirus, the highest in a single day so far, taking the total number of cases to 6,48, 315. With novel coronavirus cases in India on a sharp rise and number of deaths too increasing, Union health ministry has revised its clinical management protocol and asked doctors to treat COVID-19 …

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California doctor says arthritis drug improved coronavirus patients' symptoms within 72 hours
4 years, 8 months ago

California doctor says arthritis drug improved coronavirus patients' symptoms within 72 hours

Daily Mail  

Dr Imran Sharief, a pulmonologist from California, gave tocilizumab, a drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, to severely ill COVID-19 patients A California physician says a rheumatoid arthritis drug could be an effective treatment for coronavirus. Dr Imran Sharief, a pulmonologist based in Santa Ana, told Fox News that he treated COVID-19 patients on ventilators with tocilizumab, sold under the …

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