Cipla's shares on Monday surged 9.2% to hit a new 52-week high of ₹696 on BSE. This comes after it was allowed to manufacture and supply antiviral drug remdesivir for treatment of suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19. Shares of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals also surged 40%

WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus has said the lack of global leadership and unity to fight coronavirus is a bigger threat than the outbreak itself, adding that politicisation of pandemic had made it worse. "The world's in desperate need of national unity and global solidarity," he

Blood plasma products manufacturing company urges government to support plasma therapy for COVID care For those worried about using plasma therapy against COVID-19, there's some good news. Even as Glenmark announced a wonder drug to cure the dreaded disease, a new study has confirmed that using

Cipla Limited (BSE: 500087; NSE: CIPLA EQ, hereinafter referred to as “Cipla”), today announced the launch of remdesivir under its brand name CIPREMI. The U.S. FDA issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to Gilead Sciences Inc. for emergency use of remdesivir for the treatment of

All patients who test positive for COVID-19 in Delhi would be referred to Covid care centres for an assessment of their clinical conditions and presence of co-morbidities for home isolation, Delhi government said. Moreover, physical assessment would also be done to check whether they have

Cipla and Hetero Drugs have been granted emergency use approval of antiviral drug remdesivir by drug regulatory body CDSCO. The approvals will allow them to manufacture and supply remdesivir for treatment of suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19 "with severe disease". The drug will be

A Kerala man suffered fulminant liver failure and is on ventilator support after consuming a herbal concoction that claimed to prevent coronavirus. Doctor Varun Cheruparambath, a cardiologist from Ernakulam's Medical Trust Hospital who saw the patient, warned against taking unproven mixtures that make 'tall but

India is playing the role of the "pharmacy of the world" during the COVID-19 pandemic, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Secretary-General Vladimir Norov has said. India has so far supplied medicines to 133 countries in the fight against COVID-19, which shows India's generosity, Norov noted. "[India] relies

The World Health Organisation reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases on Sunday, with the total rising by 183,020 in 24-hour period. The biggest increase was from North and South America with over 116,000 new cases, the WHO said. Total global cases are over

Drug firm Glenmark Pharmaceuticals on Saturday said that it has launched antiviral drug Favipiravir, under the brand name FabiFlu, for the treatment of patients with mild to moderate coronavirus symptoms at a price of around ₹103 per tablet. FabiFlu is India's first oral antiviral drug