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The drug is used in the treatment of Mucormycosis
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Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of State for Shipping and Chemicals and Fertilizers. File
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The drug is used in the treatment of Mucormycosis
Five drug makers have received approval to produce Amphotericin-B, the drug used in the treatment of mucormycosis and whose shortage is the latest worry for India with an increase in the number of people contracting the rare fungal infection.
Emcure Pharmaceuticals, Natco Pharma, Gufic Biosciences, Alembic Pharmaceuticals and Lyca Pharmaceuticals have secured the new drug approval for producing it in the country. They got the approval within three days, Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers Mansukh Mandaviya said, assuring that the shortage of Amphotericin-B would get resolved soon.
Black Fungus: 5 pharma cos get DCGI s nod to produce Amphotericin B
The five companies that got DCGI s nod to manufacture Amphotericin B liposomal injection are Alembic Pharmaceuticals, Emcure Pharmaceuticals, Gufic Biosciences, Lyca Pharmaceuticals, and Natco Pharma
BusinessToday.In | May 21, 2021 | Updated 11:06 IST
Amphotericin B is used in the treatment of black fungus or mucormycosis and is currently in short supply
The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted approval to five pharma companies to start manufacturing antifungal anti-fungal drug Amphotericin B liposomal injection, whose demand has increased in the wake of a surge in black fungus infections.
The five companies that got DCGI s nod are Alembic Pharmaceuticals, Emcure Pharmaceuticals, Gufic Biosciences, Lyca Pharmaceuticals, and Natco Pharma. Presently six firms - BDR Pharma, Bharat Serums and Vaccines, Mylan, Sun Pharma, Cipla, and Life Care - are producing the drug.
NEW DELHI : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday warned against "new challenge of Black Fungus" and said there was need of precaution and preparation to
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