However, J&J challenged the FDA's notice in the court even as the report of the Central Drugs Laboratory (CDL), Kolkata, was awaited.
September 17, 2022The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently approved this new eye drop for public usage. The eye drop is designed to improve age-related near-vision problems.
July 14, 2022Pfizer's Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir tablets and ritonavir tablets, co-packaged for oral use) has been approved for the treatment of mild-to-moderate coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in adults and pediatric patients
December 23, 2021If authorised, the vaccine regimen would benefit nearly 28 million more kids in the US to get protection against the virus as the delta variant spreads.
October 27, 2021Ivermectin tablets are approved at very specific doses for some parasitic worms, and there are topical (on the skin) formulations for head lice and skin conditions like rosacea. Ivermectin is not an anti-viral.
August 28, 2021The increase in trial size will also help assess whether a rare inflammation of the heart muscle, seen in young adults shortly after vaccination, is common in younger age groups, the Washington Post reported.
July 27, 2021Maharashtra is facing a massive scarcity of Remdesivir and despite the Centre last week ordering price control on the injection, the supplies remain erratic.
April 20, 2021The US is the first nation to authorize the two-dose regimen from Moderna, now the second vaccine to be deployed in a Western country after the first, developed by Pfizer and BioNTech.
December 19, 2020Trump alleged, "If Joe Biden were President, you wouldn't have the Vaccine for another four years."
November 10, 2020According to the study, published in the journal Nature Biomedical Engineering, the vaccine utilises self-healing polylactic acid microcapsules for co-encapsulating a new epitope peptide and PD-1 antibody.
October 17, 2020The FDA said on Monday that the drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine were unlikely to be effective in treating the novel Coronavirus.
June 16, 2020The study will identify small molecule inhibitors to target key viral replication enzymes- RNA dependent RNA polymerase (nsp12), viral proteases (Mpro and PL2pro,) and the Methyltransferase or MTase (nsp14).
May 28, 2020The US has expressed optimism over the use of antiviral drug remdesivir as a possible treatment for COVID-19 after a trial, although its manufacturer warned that the drug was yet to be proven safe and studies indicated its effectiveness remains unclear.
May 2, 2020President Donald Trump, who has touted it as a "game changer," advocated for an additional review.
April 25, 2020The need for additional ventilators has taken center stage in the ongoing fight against the spread of coronavirus.
April 1, 2020The drugs would be destroyed in a phased manner beginning today and would further intensify our crackdown to take our mission to make Punjab Drug Free to its logical end, state health minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said.
December 16, 2019The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner KS Pannu on Tuesday said if FBOs failed to ensure the hygiene rating of their establishments by 31 October, appropriate action under the law would be initiated.
September 10, 2019