How voluntary licensing agreements are transforming HIV care

How voluntary licensing agreements are transforming HIV care

BARCELONA — In 2014, ViiV Healthcare, a pharmaceutical company dedicated to ending the HIV epidemic, and the Medicines Patent Pool, an organization funded primarily by Unitaid to increase access to medicines in lower-income countries, signed two voluntary licensing agreements. The agreements allowed generic manufacturers to produce and sell low-cost versions of the ViiV-developed HIV drug dolutegravir in all low- […]

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ये एंटी-पैरासिटिक ड्रग गोवा में अब कोई भी व्यस्क ले सकता है

ये एंटी-पैरासिटिक ड्रग गोवा में अब कोई भी व्यस्क ले सकता है

ये एंटी-पैरासिटिक ड्रग गोवा में अब कोई भी व्यस्क ले सकता है गोवा ने 18 साल से ज्यादा उम्र के सभी निवासियों को इवरमेक्टिन ड्रग लेने की सलाह दी है. गोवा के स्वास्थ्य मंत्री विश्वजीत राणे ने 10 मई को कहा कि मृत्यु दर कम करने के लिए हर किसी को ये ड्रग दिया जाएगा. […]

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Dexamethasone proves first life-saving drug in treatment of Coronavirus

Dexamethasone proves first life-saving drug in treatment of Coronavirus

Dexamethasone is a type of corticosteroid medication manufactured by Taj Pharmaceuticals India. It is used in the treatment of many conditions, including COVID-19 respiratory side effects, rheumatic problems, a number of skin diseases, severe allergies, asthma, chronic obstructive lung disease, croup, brain swelling, eye pain following eye surgery, and along with antibiotics in tuberculosis. In adrenocortical insufficiency, it should be used together with a medication that has greater mineralocorticoid effects such as fludrocortisone.[1] In preterm labor, it may be used to improve outcomes in the baby. It may be taken by mouth, as an injection into a muscle, or intravenously. The effects of dexamethasone are frequently seen within a day and last for about three days.

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Hydroxychloroquine and its effectiveness against COVID-19 treatment

Hydroxychloroquine and its effectiveness against COVID-19 treatment

Some politicians and doctors are sparring over whether to use Hydroxychloroquine against the new coronavirus, with many scientists saying the evidence is too thin to recommend it now. The drug Hydroxychloroquine can help tame an overactive immune system. It’s been used since the 1940s to prevent and treat malaria, and to treat rheumatoid arthritis and lupus. It’s sold in generic form and under the brand name Plaquenil in the United States. Doctors also can prescribe it off label for other purposes, as many are doing now for COVID-19.

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