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Hyderabad-based pharma company Hetero has recalled a batch of its remdesivir brand Covifor after some patients in Raigad district of Maharashtra developed side effects like fever and chills after being administered the drug.
In a letter dated April 29, Hetero Healthcare Director N Bose asked all hospitals, institutions, and stockists to withhold and not use Covifor batch no HCL21013 supplied from the company’s C&F agents due to technical reasons until further instructions. Maharashtra’s Foods & Drugs Administration Minister Rajendra Shingane had said around 90 patients in Raigad district of Maharashtra, who were administered remdesivir doses of a particular brand,
In a letter dated April 29, Hetero Healthcare Director N Bose asked all hospitals, institutions, and stockists to withhold and not use Covifor batch no HCL21013 supplied from the company’s C&F agents due to technical reasons until further instructions. Maharashtra’s Foods & Drugs Administration Minister Rajendra Shingane had said around 90 patients in Raigad district of Maharashtra, who were administered remdesivir doses of a particular brand,
