NEW DELHI: Amid an unprecedented surge in fresh Covid-19 infections, multiple states, including Maharashtra, Gujarat and Delhi, have flagged a shortage of anti-viral drug Remdesivir. The shortage prompted the government to halt the export of the drug and Remdesivir active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) till the Covid spread is contained.
As the country witnesses a ferocious resurgence of the virus, so has the demand for this medicine. Here are a few questions answered on the use of Remdesivir for Covid treatment and problems in the supply chain management.
How did Remdesivir come into use?
Remdesivir is an investigational antiviral drug to fight Sars-Cov 2, the virus that causes Covid-19. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Gilead Sciences Inc’s antiviral therapy Remdesivir in October 2020, making it the first drug to obtain formal clearance for treating the coronavirus disease.
[Rare Disease Day] Health advocacy groups press for government policy, say India s numbers unknown
The 450 kinds of rare diseases recognised in India were identified because patients reported them. The government has not issued an official list of identified rare diseases.
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Only 450 of the 8,000 known rare diseases in the world are recognised in India, an anomaly that underscores a mounting health crisis in which many patients go without being diagnosed accurately or treated on time, say experts while stressing the urgent need for a comprehensive policy.
Rare diseases, including genetic disorders such as Hunter syndrome, Gaucher disease and Fabry s disease, are expensive to treat, difficult to identify, and extract a huge toll, mostly on the young, the experts said ahead of Rare Disease Day on Sunday.
COVID-19: Countdown begins for coronavirus vaccination drive, this person to receive the first dose
The vaccination campaign against COVID-19 will be the largest in the world covering the entire length and breadth of the country. An artist of Gurukul school of art paints a poster of vaccination drive, on the eve of rollout of the vaccination program for the frontline workers in Mumbai on Friday. (ANI Photo)
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Updated: Jan 16, 2021, 09:03 AM IST
The world s largest vaccination drive is scheduled to begin in India from Sunday (January 16). The vaccination campaign against COVID-19 will be the largest in the world covering the entire length and breadth of the country.
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India is set to launch the world s biggest COVID-19 vaccination drive today
Sudhir Bhandari, the Principal of Sawai Mansingh Medical College, in Rajasthan s Jaipur will be given the first vaccine dose
The security guards of a hospital in Madhya Pradesh and others including an assistant will be the first to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
NEW DELHI: India is set to witness a historic moment on Saturday (January 16, 2021) with the commencement of the most-awaited vaccination drive against the dreaded coronavirus disease, with over three lakh people to be inoculated with doses of either of the two vaccines - Covaxin or Covishield.