Gilead CEO Daniel O'Day has announced that the company is donating 1.5 million vials of the medicine
The rush to obtain test kits follows the FDA's unprecedented decision last month to allow any company to sell antibody tests in the US without prior review by the agency
Lupin Managing Director Nilesh Gupta, said the company has received the EIR for the plant with Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI) status
The company has multiple growth engines given its focus on India/emerging markets and limited competition products in the US
Domestic firms are also sourcing ventilator parts from within the country to manufacture ventilators at a much lower cost
Among some of side effects, heart rhythm abnormalities developed in most of the 84 coronavirus patients treated with hydroxychloroquine
The latest classification, VAI, suggests that though certain objectionable conditions were found during the review, they did not warrant any further regulatory action
Although some rules can be waived in an emergency, the FDA dropped its quality-control standards too far as it scoured the world for scarce supplies of chloroquine drugs.
The inspection at the facility was carried out by the US Food and Drug Administration between November 26, 2018
The recent gains came on Monday after the company received the USFDA approval for its Nagpur facility
The company's shares surged 4.14% to Rs 820.40 after they received the inspection report (EIR) from the US drug regulator
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The group now has 283 approvals and has so far filed over 386 abbreviated new drug applications
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Imports from India accounted for 24% of medicines and 31% of medicine ingredients to the United States in 2018, according to the US Food and Drug Administration
The combo treatment has been approved in the United States for adult patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer, the company said
The Center at Coral Springs, Florida, focuses on research and development of respiratory products for the treatment of asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and other respiratory ailments.
Two US medical bodies -- the National Institutes of Health and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority -- are currently working to plan such trials
Earlier in December, the plant had been issued Form 483 by USFDA with eight observations