Page 5 - Clinical Trials

Remdesivir reduced risk of Covid-19 deaths, but more studies needed: Gilead

The company, which had initially released the data from the trial in April, said the finding requires confirmation in clinical trials

Now, Zydus Cadila gets DCGI nod for human trials of Covid vaccine

Zydus Cadila has already successfully completed preclinical phase for its plasmid DNA vaccine candidate ZyCoV-D developed indigenously at its Vaccine Technology Centre in Ahmedabad

ICMR selects 12 institutes for clinical trial of indigenous Covid vaccine

ICMR has developed the indigenous Covid-19 vaccine (BBV152 COVID vaccine) partnered with Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL)

Chinese firm gets approval to begin human testing for coronavirus vaccine

The potential vaccine has received a certificate from the National Medical Products Administration to launch clinical trials

Singapore biotech firm Tychan to start human trials for Covid-19 treatment

Clinical trials will begin next week

Sun Pharma begins phase II clinical trial on dengue drug for Covid-19

This is the first phytopharmaceutical drug (plant based) that the country's drug regulator has approved for clinical trials for Covid-19.

First Covid-19 vaccine to reach phase-1 trial is safe, say researchers

Several teams across the world are in a race to develop a vaccine for coronavirus infection

India gears up for patient trials on 20 different drugs for Covid-19

Local pharma units have already started work on developing patented drugs, some have already approached regulator for approvals

Gilead's experimental Covid-19 drug remdesivir fails first trial: Reports

Researchers studied 237 patients, giving the drug to 158 and comparing their progress with the remaining 79

Coronavirus outbreak: Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine cleared for human tests

The trial, only the fourth worldwide of a vaccine targeting the virus, will be initially conducted on 200 healthy people aged 18 to 55 years in first stage

Clinical trial norms may be eased for developing coronavirus vaccine

Sources said no fresh approvals would be given for clinical trials, except for those related to Covid-19.

India may overhaul clinical trial ecosystem for faster drug availability

At a meeting last month, government officials discussed the proposal to set up clinical trial centres at institutions affiliated with the ICMR, replacing the current system

Decoding randomised controlled trials

Poverty is a complex, multi-dimensional issue. Is it amenable to solutions that deploy RCT?

In this era of personalised medicine, are big clinical trials relevant?

The debate is surging days before the results of a large clinical trial are to be unveiled this week

New drugs sold in India must include Indians in clinical trials: Govt

SC had constituted a committee under Jagdish Prasad to suggest inputs relating to clinical trials