Telangana sets up panel to approve use of Tocilizumab for critical COVID-19 patients Tocilizumab is one of the treatment options being used by hospitals to help COVID-19 patients in light of the fact that the other commonly used drug Remdesivir is out of stock Share Via Email | A+A A- By Express News Service HYDERABAD: The Telangana government has set up a three-member committee to look into the allocation of the drug Tocilizumab for critical ICU patients. On Friday, the health department issued a memo stating that the government has constituted the committee for allocation of Tocilizumab to COVID-19 patients in both government and private hospitals in the state. The members would be the Director, Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences, Director of Medical Education and Director of Public Health and Family Welfare.