Tag Archives: Itolizumab
Spray and pray – the COVID-19 version
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is the head of Biocon, a company headquartered in Bengaluru and which has repurposed a drug called itolizumab – already approved to help manage severe chronic psoriasis in different markets – to manage cytokine release syndrome (CRS) in … Continue reading
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Tagged azithromycin, Biocon, chyavanprash, COVID-19, cytokine release syndrome, cytokine storm, favipiravir, hydroxychloroquine, Itolizumab, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, novel coronavirus, psoriasis, The Print
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India’s missing research papers
If you’re looking for a quantification (although you shouldn’t) of the extent to which science is being conducted by press releases in India at the moment, consider the following list of studies. The papers for none of them have been … Continue reading
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Tagged Bharat Biotech, Biocon, Covaxin, COVID-19, COVID-19 epidemic, COVID-19 pandemic, ELISA test kit, favipiravir, hydroxychloroquine, Indian Council of Medical Research, Itolizumab, novel coronavirus, peer review, preprint papers, remdesivir, science academies, science by press release, seroprevalence survey, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, tocilizumab, Zydus Cadila
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The matter of a journal’s reputation
Apparently (and surprisingly) The Telegraph didn’t allow Dinesh Thakur to respond to an article by Biocon employee Sundar Ramanan, in which Ramanan deems Thakur’s article about the claims to efficacy of the Biocon drug Itolizumab not being backed by enough data to have … Continue reading
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Tagged Biocon, Björn Brembs, COVID-19, cytokine release syndrome, Dinesh Thakur, Drug Controller General of India, Itolizumab, Jammi Nagaraj Rao, journal impact factor, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Newslaundry, phase II clinical trials, phase III clinical trials, prestige journals, prestigious journals, reputed journals, Seema Ahuja, Sundar Ramanan, The Telegraph
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