Pharmaceuticals

French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi said Friday it would offer 100 million doses of hydroxychloroquine, a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis and lupus, to governments worldwide if studies show it can safely to be used to treat COVID-19...

India will allow some exports of the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump urged New Delhi to release supplies of the drug scene as a possible treatment for...

Healthcare companies Novacyt and Yourgene Health Plc said on Wednesday that they would be teaming up to produce coronavirus testing products in the United Kingdom. Yourgene’s manufacturing facility in Manchester will be used to expand Novacyt’s...

Based on results of clinical trials conducted with affected patients in both Wuhan and Shenzhen by Chinese medical authorities, Japanese-made flu drug favipiravir which is also known as Avigan is effective in both decreasing the duration...

Gonoshasthaya Kendra is expected to go for a full-scale production of coronavirus-detection kits within two weeks as it got the government’s clearance today to produce the tools. “At about 1 pm today, the government gave approval...

Gonoshasthaya-RNA Biotech Limited, a concern of Gonoshasthaya Kendra in Bangladesh, claims that it has developed a kit to test COVID-19 – Gonoshasthaya Kendra stated it in a press release on yesterday. Point-of-care testing is a simple...

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co said on Wednesday it is working on a drug that is aimed at treating people infected with the coronavirus. Japanese drug maker will make an announcement on this on Wednesday, a Takeda spokeswoman...

Novo Nordisk said on Thursday it would offer free, one-time supply of insulin to people in immediate need and at risk of rationing the medication, the rising price of which has attracted fierce criticism from lawmakers...

Ram Dass, who in the 1960s joined Timothy Leary in promoting psychedelic drugs as the path to inner enlightenment before undergoing a spiritual rebirth he spelled out in the influential book “Be Here Now,” died at...

Intra-Cellular Therapies Inc said on Monday its lead drug to treat schizophrenia in adults has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, sending its shares soaring 85%. The company said it will price the...