Search Tag: chloroquine
Covid-19-no-approval-for-chloroquine-from-ema
2020 03 Apr
The European Medicines Agency has warned against widespread use of the drug chloroquine to treat COVID-19 . You may also like: COVID-19: From Hydroxychloroquine to Plasma Administration An unproven medicine against COVID-19, chloroquine and the less toxic hydroxychloroquine are currently licensed to treat malaria...Read more
Warnings-about-potential-treatments-for-covid-19
2020 09 Apr
An early-released review warns about potentially serious adverse events for chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin when used to treat and prevent COVID-19 . It comes only days after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had removed guidelines for using hydroxychloroquine as a potential treatment. ...Read more
Potential-covid-19-treatments-some-in-some-out
2020 27 May
The UK health ministry has announced that the antiviral drug remdesivir would be made available to selected COVID-19 patients while the World Health Organization (WHO) is putting the hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine arm within the COVID-19 Solidarity Trial on hold. You may also like : From Hydroxychloroquine and Remdesivir to Plasma Administration...Read more
Fda-mhra-revoke-covid-19-authorisations-for-hydroxychloroquine
2020 16 Jun
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has revoked its emergency use authorisation for chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine as treatments for COVID-19. The U.K. Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has followed suit, but Brazil criticised the decision and expanded the drugs’ use. You might also like: Warnings about Potential...Read more