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AstraZeneca Claims Positive Medicine Trial For "Severe" Covid
A treatment for people at risk of death from coronavirus has revealed good results in a late-stage trial, its maker AstraZeneca announced Wednesday.
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Pfizer Says Its Antiviral Pill Cuts Risk Of Severe Covid By 89%
A trial of Pfizer Inc's experimental antiviral pill for COVID-19 was stopped early after the drug was shown to cut by 89% the chances of hospitalization or death for adults at risk of developing severe disease.
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WHO-Led Trial To Study 3 Anti-Inflammatory Drugs For Covid Patients
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday a clinical trial in 52 countries would study three anti-inflammatory drugs as potential treatments for COVID-19 patients.
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Cambridge University Researchers Use AI to Find 200 Drugs For COVID Treatment
Researchers at Cambridge University combined computational biology and machine learning to study proteins linked to COVID-19, and then studied 2,000 drugs to find suitable treatments, coming up with a list of 200 possibilities.
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Covid Positive Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij Stable, Likely To Be Discharged Soon
Haryana Home and Health Minister Anil Vij, who has been undergoing treatment for Covid at a Gurugram hospital since December 15, is likely to be discharged in the next few days as doctors attending to him are satisfied with the progress in his health.
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Dr. Reddy's Shuts Key Plans, Isolates Data Centre Services After Cyberattack
Pharmaceutical giant Dr. Reddy's Laboratories today said that it had isolated all its data centre services as a preventive measure following a cyberattack. The drug maker had shut its key plants globally due to the breach at its servers, ET Now had reported, citing sources.
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US Pharma Firm Lilly Pauses COVID Antibody Treatment Trial Over Safety Concern
US pharmaceutical firm Eli Lilly on Tuesday paused a late-stage trial of its experimental lab-produced antibody treatment against Covid-19 over an unspecified safety concern, the company said.
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"Antisera" With Potential To Treat Covid Gets Nod For Phase-1 Human Trials
The Drugs Controller General of India has given permission for conducting Phase-1 human clinical trial for an "antisera" that was developed by injecting inactivated SARS-CoV-2 in horses and can be a potential treatment for COVID-19, ICMR officials said on Tuesday.
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HIV Treatment Has No Benefit For Hospitalised COVID-19 Patients: Study
A combination of antiviral drugs usually used to treat HIV has no beneficial effect in patients hospitalised with COVID-19, a peer-reviewed study said on Monday, confirming the initial results of a large-scale randomised trial of the drug.
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WHO Endorses Protocol For Coronavirus Herbal Medicine Trials
The World Health Organization endorsed Saturday a protocol for testing African herbal medicines as potential treatments for the coronavirus and other epidemics.
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UK Begins Trials Of New Antibody Treatment For COVID-19
The UK on Monday began human trials of a new antibody treatment for patients hospitalised with COVID-19.
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Sanofi And GSK Launch Trial For COVID-19 Protein-Based Vaccine
French drugmaker Sanofi and its British peer GSK have started a clinical trial for a protein-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate, as pharmaceutical companies race to develop treatments against the coronavirus pandemic.
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WHO Stops Hydroxychloroquine, HIV Drug Trials Among COVID-19 Patients: Report
The World Health Organisation on Saturday has stopped its trials of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and combination of HIV drug lopinavir/ritonavir for the treatment of hospitalised COVID-19 patients after they failed to reduce the death rate, Al Jazeera reported.
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"Project Platina": Maharashtra Claims Largest Plasma Therapy Trial
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray today launched the world's largest plasma therapy trials for COVID-19 - Project Platina - aimed at creating robust data for treating the disease for which no specific line of treatment exists. His son, minister Aaditya Thackeray said the project will also help the country's worst-hit state create infrastr...
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Don't Restrict Plasma Therapy To Critical Covid Cases: Mumbai Doctors
Adopt plasma therapy sooner for potentially complicated Covid patients and counsel survivors to donate plasma, doctors on the frontline of battle against coronavirus in Mumbai said, suggesting there needs to be a shift in use of plasma therapy to save more lives in Mumbai.
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AstraZeneca Claims Positive Medicine Trial For "Severe" Covid
A treatment for people at risk of death from coronavirus has revealed good results in a late-stage trial, its maker AstraZeneca announced Wednesday.
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Pfizer Says Its Antiviral Pill Cuts Risk Of Severe Covid By 89%
A trial of Pfizer Inc's experimental antiviral pill for COVID-19 was stopped early after the drug was shown to cut by 89% the chances of hospitalization or death for adults at risk of developing severe disease.
-
WHO-Led Trial To Study 3 Anti-Inflammatory Drugs For Covid Patients
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday a clinical trial in 52 countries would study three anti-inflammatory drugs as potential treatments for COVID-19 patients.
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Cambridge University Researchers Use AI to Find 200 Drugs For COVID Treatment
Researchers at Cambridge University combined computational biology and machine learning to study proteins linked to COVID-19, and then studied 2,000 drugs to find suitable treatments, coming up with a list of 200 possibilities.
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Covid Positive Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij Stable, Likely To Be Discharged Soon
Haryana Home and Health Minister Anil Vij, who has been undergoing treatment for Covid at a Gurugram hospital since December 15, is likely to be discharged in the next few days as doctors attending to him are satisfied with the progress in his health.
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Dr. Reddy's Shuts Key Plans, Isolates Data Centre Services After Cyberattack
Pharmaceutical giant Dr. Reddy's Laboratories today said that it had isolated all its data centre services as a preventive measure following a cyberattack. The drug maker had shut its key plants globally due to the breach at its servers, ET Now had reported, citing sources.
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US Pharma Firm Lilly Pauses COVID Antibody Treatment Trial Over Safety Concern
US pharmaceutical firm Eli Lilly on Tuesday paused a late-stage trial of its experimental lab-produced antibody treatment against Covid-19 over an unspecified safety concern, the company said.
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"Antisera" With Potential To Treat Covid Gets Nod For Phase-1 Human Trials
The Drugs Controller General of India has given permission for conducting Phase-1 human clinical trial for an "antisera" that was developed by injecting inactivated SARS-CoV-2 in horses and can be a potential treatment for COVID-19, ICMR officials said on Tuesday.
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HIV Treatment Has No Benefit For Hospitalised COVID-19 Patients: Study
A combination of antiviral drugs usually used to treat HIV has no beneficial effect in patients hospitalised with COVID-19, a peer-reviewed study said on Monday, confirming the initial results of a large-scale randomised trial of the drug.
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WHO Endorses Protocol For Coronavirus Herbal Medicine Trials
The World Health Organization endorsed Saturday a protocol for testing African herbal medicines as potential treatments for the coronavirus and other epidemics.
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UK Begins Trials Of New Antibody Treatment For COVID-19
The UK on Monday began human trials of a new antibody treatment for patients hospitalised with COVID-19.
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Sanofi And GSK Launch Trial For COVID-19 Protein-Based Vaccine
French drugmaker Sanofi and its British peer GSK have started a clinical trial for a protein-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate, as pharmaceutical companies race to develop treatments against the coronavirus pandemic.
-
WHO Stops Hydroxychloroquine, HIV Drug Trials Among COVID-19 Patients: Report
The World Health Organisation on Saturday has stopped its trials of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and combination of HIV drug lopinavir/ritonavir for the treatment of hospitalised COVID-19 patients after they failed to reduce the death rate, Al Jazeera reported.
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"Project Platina": Maharashtra Claims Largest Plasma Therapy Trial
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray today launched the world's largest plasma therapy trials for COVID-19 - Project Platina - aimed at creating robust data for treating the disease for which no specific line of treatment exists. His son, minister Aaditya Thackeray said the project will also help the country's worst-hit state create infrastr...
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Don't Restrict Plasma Therapy To Critical Covid Cases: Mumbai Doctors
Adopt plasma therapy sooner for potentially complicated Covid patients and counsel survivors to donate plasma, doctors on the frontline of battle against coronavirus in Mumbai said, suggesting there needs to be a shift in use of plasma therapy to save more lives in Mumbai.
