Page 5 - Latest Updates on Hydroxychloroquine
Covid-19: US FDA warns against use of hydroxychloroquine outside hospitals
Among some of side effects, heart rhythm abnormalities developed in most of the 84 coronavirus patients treated with hydroxychloroquine
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Why India needs random Covid tests
All the data we have thus far garnered about the pandemic indicates that it throws up massive numbers of asymptomatic cases
The self-reliance myth
It is not just that we all, in our personal lives, have rediscovered to our dismay that dependence on too many other people leaves us exposed during crises
We aren't dying in droves as some predicted, but can you handle this truth?
India isn't going through a picnic. But our drains aren't filled with bodies, hospitals haven't run out of beds, crematoriums and graveyards not out of wood or space
Prepare for a Second Wave
As with the Spanish flu, the world must be ready for a second and third wave as this start-stop-start-stop response plays out
USFDA may have dropped standards too far in hunt for Covid-19 drug: Report
Although some rules can be waived in an emergency, the FDA dropped its quality-control standards too far as it scoured the world for scarce supplies of chloroquine drugs.
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New multilateralism with old paradigms?
The biggest armies and the biggest economies failed against a microscopic virus - the weakest link undid decades of progress
India agrees to sell HCQ tablets to Malaysia to fight Covid-19: Report
Malaysia had asked for more than one million hydroxychloroquine tablets from India, said sources
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Corona complexity
Set economic growth aside, intensify redistribution
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India's only quinine making unit set up in 1874, has been shut since 2001
Covid-19 has triggered a sense of urgency to revive this sick unit, as Hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial drug, surfaced as potential medicine to alleviate the symptoms of the disease
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Covid-19: Govt's response has been panic, with political leadership absent
The unfolding coronavirus crisis could be the toughest test yet for PM Modi. His government failed to recognise the potentially devastating consequences of the pandemic early enough, its actions have
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Covid-19 impact: Pharma players join hands to ensure smooth production
Combined capacity utilisation at all-India level is 60-70% - higher than in most other industries
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Covid-19: India clears first list of HCQ requests; US to get 3.5 mn tablets
The government on Friday said that there was enough stock of HCQ in the country and it was taking all steps to ensure that there was no shortage of the drug in the domestic market.
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Letter to BS: Exporting hydroxychloroquine does not seem like a good idea
Although India is helping the SAARC nations with supplies, exporting the medicine to 30 other nations does not seem like a good idea
India will do everything to help humanity's fight against Covid-19: PM Modi
"Times like these bring friends closer. The India-US partnership is stronger than ever. We shall win this together," Modi tweeted.
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Govt moves to check over-the-counter selling of coronavirus drugs
Sensing serious health risks, the government has swung into action. Dispensing of these medicines would get stricter and states have started collecting information on available stock in the market
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Novartis scraps sale of assets including Covid-19 drug to Aurobindo Pharma
Novartis is donating 130 million hydroxychloroquine doses to support efforts against the epidemic, though the European Union has so far said there is no proof it works.
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Hydroxychloroquine for health officials caring for Covid-19 patients: ICMR
On private laboratories being allowed to conduct testing for COVID-19, Bhargava said 12 private-lab chains have been registered and have started working after being allowed the testing
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Covid-19: Trump calls Modi, asks to release US order of hydroxychloroquine
On March 25, India banned the export of hydroxychloroquine, which is used primarily to treat malaria and lupus
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Covid-19 impact: Hydroxychloroquine's share in pharma exports minuscule
Manufacturers say there is enough stock for local needs