coronavirus medicine

New York: A global team of scientists has identified 21 existing drugs that stop the replication of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Notably, four of these compounds were found to work synergistically with remdesivir, a…

The entire world is reeling under the crisis of Coronavirus which is claiming thousands of lives each day. People across the globe are eagerly waiting for some home remedies which would cure them from the deadly virus. Now, possibly they…

New York: New data revealed by Gilead Sciences has shown that its antiviral drug remdesivir reduces death risk of severe Covid-19 patients by as much as 62 percent when compared with standard care alone. This is an important finding that…

New York: Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) in the US are studying the effectiveness of an arthritis drug in treating a type of severe immune overreaction seen in patients with Covid-19…

Mumbai: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals on Saturday launched antiviral drug Favipiravir for treatment of mild-to-moderate Covid-19 cases after it received the Indian drug regulator's approval. It will be available under the brand name FabiFlu…

Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) said that a number of treatments are under clinical trials for the treatment of COVID-19, but none of those were yet approved. "There are hundreds of clinical trials that are underway, and the…

New York:  An Indian-American scientist-led team from the University of Missouri has found that four antiviral drugs, including remdesivir, a drug originally developed to treat Ebola, are effective in inhibiting the replication of the…