{"id":103325,"date":"2021-04-24T16:31:13","date_gmt":"2021-04-24T11:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=103325"},"modified":"2021-04-25T09:35:38","modified_gmt":"2021-04-25T04:05:38","slug":"zydus-cadilas-antiviral-drug-virafin-gets-emergency-use-nod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/zydus-cadilas-antiviral-drug-virafin-gets-emergency-use-nod\/","title":{"rendered":"Zydus Cadila\u2019s antiviral drug \u201cVirafin\u201d gets emergency use nod"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What is the News?\u00a0<\/strong>Drug Controller General of India(DCGI) has granted <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/process-and-issues-linked-to-emergency-use-authorisation-eua-of-covid-vaccines-in-india\/\">emergency use approval<\/a> for pharma major Zydus Cadila\u2019s antiviral drug \u2018Virafin\u2019 to treat moderate COVID-19 in adults.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>About Virafin Drug:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Virafin <\/strong>is an antiviral drug. It is administered subcutaneously, i.e., it is injected under the skin. \u201cZydus Cadila\u201d, a pharma major, manufactured.\u00a0The drug was originally approved for the treatment of liver disease caused by the hepatitis B and C virus.<\/li>\n<li>The drug has now been repurposed for treating the moderate COVID-19 disease.<\/li>\n<li>It has been found that when the drug was given to Covid patients in the early stage, it showed significant improvement in moderate Covid cases.<\/li>\n<li>The drug was also found to reduce hours of supplemental oxygen required by patients.<\/li>\n<li>Moreover, patients who were treated with the drug \u2018Virafin\u2019 were tested Covid negative within 7 days.<\/li>\n<li>Hence, after the emergency approval, the drug will now be available on the prescription of a medical specialist for use in hospital\/institutional setup.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/Home\/MShareArticle?OrgId=GKM8H0OT7.1&amp;imageview=0\"><strong>The Hindu<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the News?\u00a0Drug Controller General of India(DCGI) has granted emergency use approval for pharma major Zydus Cadila\u2019s antiviral drug \u2018Virafin\u2019 to treat moderate COVID-19 in adults. About Virafin Drug: Virafin is an antiviral drug. It is administered subcutaneously, i.e., it is injected under the skin. \u201cZydus Cadila\u201d, a pharma major, manufactured.\u00a0The drug was originally&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/zydus-cadilas-antiviral-drug-virafin-gets-emergency-use-nod\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Zydus Cadila\u2019s antiviral drug \u201cVirafin\u201d gets emergency use nod<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,9],"tags":[1315,1289,1472],"class_list":["post-103325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-st_1","tag-soc_0","tag-vaccine_related_issues","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704895453},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}