As per the clinical trial protocol approved, 150 subjects with mild to moderate Covid-19 will be randomised in the study in a 1:1 ratio to Favipiravir with standard supportive care
The AIIMS director stresses on the need to have good and well-conducted research trials before the therapy is recommended for routine use
A significant share of this money will go into upgrading the Sugam portal - the e-governance solution for CDSCO.
Last December the Delhi High Court had said online sale of medicines without a licence was injuncted, and had instructed the government to ensure that the same was prohibited forthwith
Indian drugmakers have also started testing their ranitidine products at various laboratories after the US FDA issued an advisory on the drug to health care professionals
If the companies do not submit such information within 45 days, the DCGI would dispose of such application with the incomplete data