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Friday, April 23, 2021

India's Zydus gets nod for emergency use of 'Virafin' in treating moderate COVID

 Pharmaceutical firm Zydus Cadila received emergency use approval from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) - country's apex medicine regulator - on April 23 for the use of 'Virafin' in treating moderate COVID-19 cases.

Virafin, technically referred to as Pegylated Interferon alpha-2b, showed clinical and virological improvement in moderate COVID-19 cases, the company said.

Zydus has claimed that "91.15% of patients treated with PegIFN were RT-PCR negative by day 7", the report added.

https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/health-trends/zydus-gets-dcgi-nod-for-emergency-use-of-virafin-in-treating-moderate-covid-19-cases-6807191.html

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