3rd wave: Govt creating 30-day stock of key Covid medicines

'The Centre is planning to procure five million vials of Remdesivir ahead of the third wave. What’s better is that this time, the government is paying us in advance,' said a senior executive......

Zydus Cadila to begin vaccine trials for kids above 5 yrs soon

So far, no other vaccine has been approved globally for children below 12 years.Sohini Das reports.  IMAGE: A beneficiary receives a dose of the Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre in......

Zydus Cadila seeks nod for its COVID vaccine for 12 years, above

Drug firm Zydus Cadila on Thursday said it has applied for emergency use authorisation (EUA) with the Indian drug regulator for its three-dose COVID-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D, and plans to manufacture......

India's children may get 2 Covid vaccines by December

While Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin is in trials among children already, Serum Institute of India will begin Novavax vaccine trials on children from July, whereas the Pfizer vaccine has been......

4 Indian drug firms recall products in US market

Indian drug firms like Marksans Pharma, Aurobindo Pharma, Zydus  and Jubilant are recalling products in the US market, as per the latest enforcement report by the US Food and Drug......

Govt gifts Rs 1.45-trillion incentive for 10 manufacturing sectors

The government hopes that the PLI schemes would provide 200,000-300,000 direct employment over five years, according to sources in the know. In a move that has lifted the industry sentiment in the......

Covid drug sales shine even as market slows

Fabiflu sales have grown by 62 per cent in July. It was launched in June. This drug is being used by doctors for mild-to-moderate Covid patients even if they are in home isolation. Even as the......

Another Indian COVID-19 vaccine candidate gets nod for human trial

Zydus plans to initiate the clinical trials of ZyCoV-D in July 2020 across multiple sites in India. In animal studies the vaccine was found to elicit a strong immune response in multiple animal......