As the number of coronavirus infection cases multiply in India (the numbers now have crossed 1,12,000 mark), a leading pharmaceutical giant, Stride Pharma made a breakthrough announcement, declaring that one of their drugs, Favipilavir has gotten regulatory approvals and soon, researchers will Read more…
A clinical trial has begun to evaluate whether the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, given together with the antibiotic azithromycin, can prevent hospitalization and death from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the Read more…
The Institute for Advanced Clinical Trials for Children (I-ACT for Children) has launched the Covid-19 Emergency Access Programme to speed up the development of pediatric Covid-19 trials. This access programme allows companies to access the organisation’s trial-planning experts and pediatric Read more…
CSIR is conducting clinical trials for favipiravir, remdesivir and an anti-inflammatory drug called colchicine, which is commonly used to treat gout, said Vishwakarma. New Delhi, May 23 (PTI) With a vaccine still a long way away, attempts to reuse old Read more…
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: Corona virus also known as COVID-19. This virus infects the lungs and the major symptoms are fever and dry cough. The outbreak of this respiratory disease started in Wuhan (China) in December 2019. The causative organism was discovered in Read more…
A Corona disease has now been confirmed pandemic as well as new treatments are immediately needed as we go into a phase beyond suppression. Emerging new drugs from scratch is a lengthy process, so unrealistic to face the instant global Read more…
Introduction For the aspect for developing the vaccine or drug for the Covid-19 which is termed as the SARS-coronavirus. It is important to understand the structure of the virus before discovery of a drug or vaccine. Structure (S1)Binding to host Read more…
As we all know there is a race to find out appropriate treatment of coronavirus. Many researchers are working for specific drug to fight against this zoonotic disease namely coronavirus. India is also playing a vital role for it. Scientist Read more…
Antibiotics cannot kill viruses because viruses have different structures and replicate in a different way than bacteria. Antibiotics work by targeting the growth machinery in bacteria (not viruses) to kill or inhibit those particular bacteria. Viruses, especially those made of Read more…
Wuhan, a city residing in china reported few pneumonia cases with unknown cause in Deccember 2019. The researchers proved that the main cause of pneumonia in those patients is novel coronavirus which is officially called as severe acute respiratory syndrome Read more…
