Zydus receives USFDA approval for Dexamethasone EP News Bureau May 13, 2024 Dexamethasone is used to treat conditions such as arthritis, blood/hormone disorders, allergic reactions, skin diseases, eye…
Regional variations uncovered in the impact of dexamethasone treatment for severe COVID-19: Study EP News Bureau Nov 27, 2023 This study was conducted in Europe and India to examine the effects of giving patients injectable 12 mg versus 6 mg of…
COVID-19 trials and tribulations for treatments EP News Bureau May 23, 2021 Dr Arun Bhatt, Consultant – Clinical Research & Drug Development states that in the absence of a peer-reviewed publication in…
Study recommends steroid treatment should be given only to sickest COVID-19 patients Press Trust of India Nov 16, 2020 While dexamethasone and other steroids are prescribed to treat cytokine storms, these drugs can backfire in patients whose immune…
Researchers find corticosteroids combo is most effective for COVID-19 cytokine storm treatment EP News Bureau Oct 21, 2020 Additionally, there was an improvement if corticosteroids were used alone, or in combination with tocilizumab or anakinra when…
PNB Vesper gets DCGI nod to test proprietary drug PNB 001 in COVID-19 patients EP News Bureau Sep 11, 2020 A study will be conducted on 40 moderately-ill COVID-19 patients at BMJ Medical College, Pune who are on oxygen support
Zydus Cadila launches remdesivir at Rs 2800 per 100 mg vial EP News Bureau Aug 13, 2020 To be sold under brand name Remdac, the API for the drug has been developed and manufactured at the company’s API manufacturing…
Dr Reddy’s Laboratories launches generic Ciprodex Otic Suspension, USP in US EP News Bureau Aug 11, 2020 It is available as 7.5 mL fill in a 10 mL bottle
Dexamethasone’s COVID-19 benefits confirmed; spotlight on immune cells Reuters Jul 20, 2020 The full results of a large randomized clinical trial in Britain looking at the steroid dexamethasone confirmed the benefits in…
HCQ in COVID-19: Repurposing with a purpose in the background of a ‘lost cause’ EP News Bureau Jul 18, 2020 Dr Dhananjay Bakhle shares a rebuttal to an article, Explained: What works (and does not) in Covid treatment', written by Dr…