Hydroxychloroquine

HCQ shows no benefit against early, mild Covid-19: Study

Ruchi Baweja July 17, 2020, 6:00 PM IST

New York: Researchers have shown that the famous anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) was ineffective for Covid-19 patients with early and mild...

Researchers discover why lopinavir, HCQ don’t work on Covid-19

Ruchi Baweja July 11, 2020, 2:34 PM IST

London: Researchers have now discovered that the concentration of the two drugs -- Lopinavir and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) -- in the...

Covid-19: India lifts restriction on export of anti-malarial drug Hydroxychloroquine

Yogit Bhatia June 18, 2020, 9:10 PM IST

New Delhi: India on Thursday lifted the restriction on the export of anti-malarial drug Hydroxychloroquine, which is widely used around...

WHO includes hydroxychloroquine in solidarity trial again

Abhi June 4, 2020, 3:57 AM IST

New Delhi: The World Health Organisation on Wednesday said that anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) will return to the solidarity trial for...

Use of HCQ in Covid-19 cases defended, to continue

Ruchi Baweja May 28, 2020, 6:20 PM IST

New Delhi: NITI Aayog member V.K. Paul, here on Thursday, said the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) had recommended...

WHO temporarily suspends trial of HCQ for Covid-19

Yogit Bhatia May 25, 2020, 11:52 PM IST

Geneva: After a large scale study flagged that hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) offers no benefit to patients affected by coronavirus, the World...

ICMR revises guidelines for use of HCQ

Ruchi Baweja May 23, 2020, 5:55 PM IST

New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has issued revised guidelines for use of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), the malaria...

Hydroxychloroquine does not help treat patients with COVID-19: Study

Abhi May 15, 2020, 12:37 PM IST

London: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), an anti-malarial drug termed potential "game-changer" for COVID-19 by President Donald Trump, does not significantly reduce admission...