The trial of Umifenovir on 132 Covid patients showed that, if the proper dose is given twice daily for five days, the drug can effectively reduce viral load to zero in mild or moderate symptomatic and asymptomatic patients
This means that Pfizer and Moderna vaccines will not require clinical trials in India.
The committee after detailed deliberation recommended for grant of permission to conduct the proposed Phase II-III clinical trial to certain conditions.
At least one report suggests that Pfizer had excluded people with a history of significant adverse reactions to vaccines or to the ingredients of its product from late stage trials.
Researchers are currently testing all 21 compounds in small animal models and "mini lungs," or lung organoids, that mimic the human tissue.
The finding had led the World Health Organization (WHO) to suspend clinical trials into the medicines last month.
More than 3,500 patients have been recruited across 35 countries to take part in the trials.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) will conduct these trials at hospitals in Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat and Rajkot and do a comparative analysis of the effectiveness of four drugs and standard care on coronavirus patients, according to state's Principal Secretary (Health and Family Welfare) Jayanti Ravi.
The issue of genetically testing human embryos is fraught with ethical and legal complexities — but also at the heart of the matter are contrasting opinions about what makes an acceptable clinical trial.
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