Zydus Cadila completes dosing in Phase I clinical trial of ZyCoV-D EP News Bureau Aug 5, 2020 Phase II trial to commence on August 6, 2020
Vopec Pharma completes COVID-19 clinical trials of herbal formulation, Amrta Karuna EP News Bureau Aug 4, 2020 It reports a reduction of hospitalisation by 28 per cent
AbbVie, Amgen and Takeda jointly study impact of anti-inflammatory drugs in COVID-19 treatment EP News Bureau Aug 4, 2020 I-SPY COVID will evaluate the impact of cenicriviroc, otezla, and firazyr on inflammatory response in severely ill, hospitalised…
Study reveals macular degeneration can intensify severity of COVID-19 Press Trust of India Aug 3, 2020 Existing drugs that inhibit the complement system could help treat patients with severe disease
J&J begins human trials of COVID-19 vaccine Reuters Jul 31, 2020 It will test its vaccine candidate in more than 1,000 healthy adults aged 18 to 55 years, as well as adults aged 65 years and…
Empagliflozin meets primary endpoint in Phase III heart failure trial EP News Bureau Jul 30, 2020 It reduced the risk of cardiovascular death or hospitalisation for heart failure versus placebo on top of standards of care in…
Piramal Pharma Solutions to provide Bolt Biotherapeutics with immune-stimulating antibody conjugates… EP News Bureau Jul 29, 2020 Bolt’s Boltbody Immune Stimulating Antibody Conjugate (ISAC), BDC-1001, is currently in a first-in-human Phase 1/2 clinical study…
Pfizer-BioNTech to commence late stage study of COVID-19 vaccine candidate Reuters Jul 28, 2020 The study is expected to include about 120 sites globally and up to 30,000 participants
SII enrols 6000 subjects for efficacy trial of rBCG vaccine, VPM1002 against COVID-19 Press Information Bureau Jul 27, 2020 The DBT-BIRAC supported trial aims to evaluate the ability of VPM1002 in reducing infection incidence and severe disease outcomes…
Map of ammonium’s journey may prevent infection EP News Bureau Jul 27, 2020 By improving our understanding of the normal function of ammonium transporters, we can gain insight into how specific malfunctions…
Researchers identify 21 existing drugs that block coronavirus in lab studies Press Trust of India Jul 26, 2020 The study said that four of these compounds could work in combination with remdesivir, a current standard-of-care treatment for…
DBT seed funds Gennova Biopharmaceuticals’ novel mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate Press Information Bureau Jul 25, 2020 The clinical trials for the vaccine are likely to start before the year ends
Glenmark announces top-line results from Phase 3 clinical trial of favipiravir for COVID-19… EP News Bureau Jul 22, 2020 The study evaluated the efficacy and safety of favipiravir plus standard supportive care, versus standard supportive care alone,…
COVID-19 antibody test passes first major trials in UK with 98.6 per cent accuracy – The… Reuters Jul 18, 2020 The fingerprick tests, which can tell within 20 minutes if a person has ever been exposed to the coronavirus British ministers…
Bharat Biotech commences human trial of COVAXIN at PGI Rohtak Press Trust of India Jul 17, 2020 Three subjects were enrolled today. All have tolerated the vaccine very well, informed Anil Vij, Health Minister of Haryana…
TIFAC releases report on status, issues, technology readiness and challenges in API production Press Information Bureau Jul 15, 2020 It was released along with a white paper on ‘Focused Interventions for ‘Make in India’: Post COVID 19’ which brought out the…
Zydus starts human trials of ZyCoV-D, its COVID-19 vaccine EP News Bureau Jul 15, 2020 The company will be enrolling over 1000 subjects across multiple clinical study sites in India for Adaptive Phase I/ II clinical…
Researchers find key element in human antibodies against COVID-19 Press Trust of India Jul 14, 2020 The study results can facilitate the design of vaccine agents that can elicit a strong neutralising antibody response, say…
CSIR seeks regulatory nod for clinical trials using combination of antivirals and HDTs against… Press Information Bureau Jul 8, 2020 In collaboration with Laxai Life Sciences, it aims to determine the safety and efficacy of three combination drugs…
X-ray structure analysis gives detailed insights into bacterial molecular factory EP News Bureau Jul 7, 2020 A team of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Goethe University Frankfurt has now succeeded in investigating the…