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Bring Remdesivir under drug price control: Maha Barrister
Fri, Apr 16 2021 8:21 IST |
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Mumbai, April 16 : A prominent Maharashtra legal luminary has petitioned the Centre to declare the Remdesivir medicine - currently in huge demand owing to the Covid-19 pandemic - as a life-saving medicine with controlled pricing to prevent blackmarketing and corruption.
Remdesivir is manufactured by a handful of companies under brand names like Cipremi (Cipla), Covifar (Hetero), Desrem (Mylon), Remdac (Zydus), Redyx (Dr. Reddy s).
In a plea to the Central Government which controls the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA), a statutory authority under the Drugs Price Control Order (DPCO), Mumbai Barrister Vinod Tiwari on Thursday demanded a high-level investigation into the artificial scarcity, hoarding, blackmarketing and misuse of the drug which could run into a racket of over Rs 25,000-crore under the nose of the NPPA, in the past ten months since the drug
COVID-19: Maharashtra CM chairs meet on oxygen supply, beds in Mumbai
The CM chaired a review meeting on the COVID-19 situation in Mumbai, which was also attended by BMC commissioner IS Chahal.
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MUMBAI: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday said people must get their COVID-19 test reports quickly, while officials must also ensure optimum medical oxygen supply as well as effective bed and medicine management amid the surge in case.
The CM chaired a review meeting on the COVID-19 situation in Mumbai, which was also attended by BMC commissioner IS Chahal.
Govt augments manufacturing capacity for COVAXIN production
Govt augments manufacturing capacity for COVAXIN production
16 April 2021 | News
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As a part government s augmentation plan, capacities of Bharat Biotech Limited, Hyderabad as well as other public sector manufacturers are being upgraded with required infrastructure and technology.
Financial support is being provided as grant from GoI to the tune of appx Rs 65 Cr to Bharat Biotech’s new Bangalore facility which is being repurposed to increase the capacity of vaccine production.
3 public sectors companies are also being supported to increase the capacity of vaccine production.
The Department of Science & Technology (DST), GoI, has granted approval to Haffkine Institute to produce Bharat Biotech s Covaxin vaccine on a transfer of technology basis.
Ramayan returns to television again. When and where to watch
Ramayan returns to television again. When and where to watch
Ramanand Sagar’s directorial, Ramayan, is returning to the TV screens again. Here s everything you need to know about it.
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Arun Govil and Dipika Chikhlia as Ram and Sita in a still from Ramayan.
Almost a year after it s rerun during coronavirus induced lockdown, the popular mythological show Ramayan is once again returning to the small screen. Directed by Ramanand Sagar, Ramayan has been aired after a span of almost 33 years. It was re-telecast on Doordarshan National in March 2020. This comes after Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray imposed a strict janta curfew from April 14 owing to the growing cases of Covid-19. The janta curfew will remain in effect till 7 am on May 1.