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Cadila Healthcare Ltd (Zydus Cadila) has obtained approval from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) to start the phase-3 clinical trial on Covid-19 patients with its biological therapy, Pegylated Interferon alpha-2b, ‘PegiHepTM’.
Last month, Zydus Cadila had announced "successful" completion of phase two clinical trial of the biological therapy on Covid-19 patients, paving way for phase three trials in India. Cadila had stated that the open-label, randomized, comparator controlled study was conducted on 40 adult patients with moderate Covid-19 disease.
Of these, 95 per cent subjects in the test who received a single dose of PegiHepTM along with standard
