DCGI approves Hetero's Tocilizumab for treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalised adults

Sep 06, 2021

Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 6 : Hetero announced on Monday that the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has approved Emergency Use Authorization (EUA)...

Odisha forms panel over use of Tocilizumab, other drugs for COVID-19 patients

May 01, 2021

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 1 : The Odisha government on Friday constituted an expert committee for taking decision on the use of Tocilizumab and...

COVID-19: Govt increases import of Tocilizumab injection amid high demand in country

May 14, 2021

New Delhi [India], May 14 : As many as 30,000 vials of Tocilizumab, a drug often prescribed by doctors to treat COVID-19 patients, were...

Mamata urges PM Modi to ensure adequate supply of vaccines, oxygen, Remdesivir

May 05, 2021

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 5 : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday requesting him to...

Health Ministry issues fresh clinical management protocol for COVID-19 patients

Jun 13, 2020

New Delhi [India], June 13 : The Union Health Ministry issued a fresh clinical management protocol for COVID-19 patients on Saturday. As per the...

COVID-19: Indiscriminate use of Remdesivir and Tocilizumab can cause more harm than good, says Health Ministry

Jul 11, 2020

New Delhi [India], July 11 : While the Central government has indicated drugs like Remdesivir and Tocilizumab as an "investigational therapies" for the treatment...