Cipla, Dr. Reddy’s, and others to collaborate on Molnupiravir Covid trial

Cipla, Dr. Reddy’s, and others to collaborate on Molnupiravir Covid trial

Five Indian pharma companies – Cipla, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Emcure Pharmaceuticals, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, and Torrent Pharmaceuticals will join forces to undertake a clinical trial of Molnupiravir, an investigational oral anti-viral drug for the treatment of mild Covid-19 in India. The clinical trial of Molnupiravir will be in an outpatient setting. Molnupiravir is being developed […]

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories launches DRDO’s anti-Covid-19 drug 2-DG

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories launches DRDO’s anti-Covid-19 drug 2-DG

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories has announced the commercial launch of the Defence Research and Development Organisation’s (DRDO) anti-Covid-19 drug 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG). The Indian pharma giant said that it will supply the 2-DG drug to major government and private hospitals in India. In the initial weeks, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories will make 2-DG available in hospitals in metros […]

Shilpa Medicare partners with Dr. Reddy’s for production of Sputnik V

Shilpa Medicare partners with Dr. Reddy’s for production of Sputnik V

Shilpa Medicare, through its fully-owned subsidiary Shilpa Biologicals, has signed a three-year agreement with Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories for the production and supply of the Sputnik V vaccine for Covid-19. The company will undertake production at its biologics research and development cum manufacturing center at Dharwad in Karnataka. Shilpa Medicare said that the targeted production of […]

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Lilly sign deal for Covid-19 drug baricitinib

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Lilly sign deal for Covid-19 drug baricitinib

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories said that it has forged a royalty-free, non-exclusive voluntary licensing agreement with US pharma giant Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) for the manufacturing and commercialization of Covid-19 drug baricitinib in India. Baricitinib in combination with remdesivir had been given restricted emergency use approval by the Indian Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO). […]

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories launches Ertapenem for Injection in US

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories launches Ertapenem for Injection in US

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories has launched Ertapenem for Injection, 1 g/vial, a generic version of INVANZ (ertapenem for injection) for injection, 1 g/vial, which has approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of various bacterial infections. The Indian pharma company has extended its partnership with Gland Pharma to launch Ertapenem for […]

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories launches Albendazole Tablets, USP in US

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories launches Albendazole Tablets, USP in US

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories has launched Albendazole Tablets, USP, a generic version of GlaxoSmithKline’s Albenza Tablets, 200 mg, which are used for the treatment of a range of parasitic worm infestations. Approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Albenza brand and generic had sales of around $27 million MAT for the most recent twelve […]

Dr. Reddy’s secures EUA for Sputnik V vaccine in India for Covid-19 prevention

Dr. Reddy’s secures EUA for Sputnik V vaccine in India for Covid-19 prevention

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories has secured permission from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for importing the Sputnik V vaccine into India under emergency use authorization (EUA). In February 2021, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories commenced the process to seek the emergency use authorization for the Russian Covid-19 vaccine from the Indian drug regulator. Last September 2020, […]