CEPI will expand its partnership with icddr,b in Bangladesh, providing near to the additional US $ 1 million in funding to advance understanding of the Nipah virus
Health experts of the country have pointed out that the benefits of the drug outweigh the potential risks it may have in the case of high-risk patients
The drug is priced at Rs 2000 for a course of 40 tablets
A toll-free helpline to be set up to help doctors and patients
The Subject Expert Committee (SEC), on Covid-19 of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) on Monday recommended granting permission to manufacture and market anti-Covid pill molnupiravir for restricted emergency use
The product is expected to be available in a week’s time
DCGI approved the drug based on the review of clinical data
The drug will be marketed under the brand name Molnaflu
The recommendation was made by the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Sequencing Consortium (INSACOG), a network of national testing labs set up by the government to monitor genomic variations of Covid-19
The UK’s Medicine and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has already approved the booster dose of AstraZenenca’s Covid-19 vaccine, which is administered in India
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