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“Considering the emergency and unmet medical need in Covid-19, the SEC on December 27 recommended for grant of permission to manufacture and market the Molnupiravir for restricted use under emergency…
Unlike in the case of remdesivir, both the drugs — Pfizer’s paxlovid and Merck’s molnupiravir — are oral pills and so can be administered outside hospital settings. These drugs are…
In an email, Leena Menghaney, South Asia Head of Médecins Sans Frontières’s Access Campaign, says that the voluntary license will exclude India from even supplying raw materials (active pharmaceutical ingredients)…
In an email, Dr. Gagandeep Kang, Professor of Microbiology at CMC Vellore explains the significance of paxlovid antiviral for treatment, its mode of action, and the need for a combination…
Effects of vaccination The speed at which the virus had killed people slowed down a bit since summer this year — it took nearly four months to add one more million deaths…
Preliminary data, which is yet to be peer-reviewed, shows molnupiravir can reduce risk of hospitalisation or death by 50% in non-hospitalised adult patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 disease. The trial included…
Merck’s Ebola vaccine, which underwent phase-3 trial during the 2014-2015 Ebola epidemic in west Africa, has shown 97.5% efficacy in preventing Ebola disease when used during the current epidemic in…
Delhi and Punjab have introduced HPV vaccination and are expanding it, while a few States have shown interest. And the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation is considering the introduction…
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