All Entries in the "Swine Flu Drugs" Category
Cow Colostrum Will Fight Swine Flu
The way human mothers produce colostrum (first milk) that is rich in antibodies and immunity imparting constituents, the cow also produces first milk that is now going to be used to fight the H1N1 Swine Flu virus. Amul, in conjunction with a Mumbai based company, according to this Times of India report, will be collecting [...]
New Swine Flu Drug Hits Market
With the government permitting retail sale of Anti Swine Flu drugs, more companies are now coming to the fore to supply the demand that there is in the market for combating the H1N1 swine flu virus. The basic formulation of Oseltamivir is available under the various brand names of Fluvir, Tamiflu etc. Now another brand [...]
Retail Sale of Tamiflu, Fluvir
The drug to combat the H1N1 Swine Flu pandemic Oseltamivir, which marketed under the two brand names Tamiflu (produced by Rosche pharmaceuticals) and Fluvir (produced by Hetero Healthcare Ltd) is now available though retail sale. These swine flu drugs which were earlier available only in government hospitals will now be available for retail sale upon [...]
Flu can Trigger Heart Attack
According to a report published by PTI, there is evidence to suggest that flu infections can trigger heart related problems, even heart attack, but that the flu vaccine can help prevent such complications from developing. This seems to bear out further, the hypothesis that the high risk group of people; i.e., those with cardiovascular disease [...]
Swine Flu Conspiracy Theory
We are constantly being bombarded by information about why we should be very very careful about the Swine Flu and then we are told not to worry, not to panic because it is really no big deal; we get these conflicting messages about the H1N1 Swine Flu virus and its spread all the time. And [...]
India to Manufacture Swine Flu Drug Raw Material
Although the H1N1 Swine Flu vaccine is still some time away from being produced in India (Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has indicated that it will be April 2010 before we can hope to see it in India) raw material for the drug Oseltamivir is now going to be available in India. Shikimic acid, which [...]
FDA Approves Swine Flu Vaccine in USA, India to Procure 15 Lakh Doses
In a significant move, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a vaccine for the H1N1 Swine Flu and it is now expected that vaccination drives will be initiated from the middle of October. 195 million vaccines are to be purchased by the US authorities as reported here and will be administered to the [...]
Ginger and Black Pepper for Swine Flu
First it was Tulsi, then it was heeng which was considered to be an effective antidote to ward off the H1N1 Swine flu virus; now other common ingredients found in the Indian kitchen, i.e. black pepper and ginger are being seen as effective antidotes to the swine flu virus. As reported here, a group of [...]
Retail Sale of Swine Flu Drugs from Today
According to this Economic Times report, the government will now permit sale of ‘oseltamivir’, a drug to combat H1N1 Swine Flu virus at retail outlets and chemists. So far anti swine flu drugs were available only through government agencies and hospitals. This will be a prescription drug and some 480 chemists across the country will [...]
Serum Institute Says Indian Vaccine will be Cheaper
According to Cyrus Poonawalla, MD of the Pune based Serum Institute, one of the three Indian companies developing a vaccine against swine flu, his company is likely to sell its Swine flu vaccine at a fraction of the price of a similar product made by a Western drug maker. “The cost of our vaccine could [...]