NewsDesk @bactiman63 Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the oral antiviral Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir tablets and ritonavir tablets, co-packaged for oral use) for the treatment of mild-to-moderate...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Genentech today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Actemra® (tocilizumab) intravenous (IV) for the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalized adult...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the emergency use of PAXLOVID™ (nirmatrelvir [PF-07321332] tablets and ritonavir tablets) for the treatment...

A year ago, infectious disease doctor Christine Johnston was leading a study on the use of hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of people with COVID-19. The trial launched at the end of March, when the...

According to a study published in JAMA today, researchers from the Centro de Estudios en Infectologia Pediatrica in Cali, Colombia looked at the effect of Ivermectin on time to resolution of symptoms...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Aridis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel anti-infective therapies to treat life-threatening infections, announced...

By News Desk  @bactiman63 In August 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Panel firmly said of the use of ivermectin: The COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Panel recommends...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved the antiviral drug Veklury (remdesivir) for use in adult and pediatric patients 12 years of age and older and weighing at least 40 kilograms...

The American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT), the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology (AACT), and the American Association of Poison Control Centers has issued the following joint statement in...

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have added to the growing body of understanding about how hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is not a possible defense against COVID-19. Specifically, they found that...