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Zydus receives approval from COFEPRIS to conduct clinical trials in Mexico

Zydus Cadila, announced that it has received approval from the Mexican regulatory authority COFEPRIS to conduct clinical trials with its biological therapy, Pegylated Interferon alpha-2b, ‘PegiHepTM’ This will be an open-label, randomized, comparator controlled study of Pegylated IFN alfa-2b to evaluate safety, efficacy and tolerability in patients with COVID-19.  According to the Company’s press statement,…

Zydus receives approval from Mexico to study Desidustat in the management of Covid-19

Zydus, a leading discovery based global pharmaceutical company announced that it has received approval from the regulatory authority of Mexico, COFEPRIS, for its one of its lead research candidate Desidustat to be tested in the management of COVID-19.  Clinical and regulatory development of Desidustat in COVID-19 is being executed in Mexico by Avant Santé Research…

Zydus’ vaccine for Covid-19 receives DCGI permission to initiate human clinical trials

Zydus, an innovation-driven global pharmaceutical company, announced that it’s plasmid DNA vaccine candidate for COVID-19 (ZyCoV-D) developed indigenously at its Vaccine Technology Centre in Ahmedabad, India has successfully completed the preclinical phase and has now received permission from the Drug Controller General of India – Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) to initiate Phase I/II…

Zydus Cadila launches a fast tracked programme to develop vaccine for the novel coronavirus

Zydus Cadila, an innovation-driven, global pharmaceutical company, announced that it has initiated an accelerated research programme with multiple teams in India and Europe developing a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, 2019-nCo V (COVID-19) based on two approaches. The first approach deals with development of a DNA vaccine against the major viral membrane protein responsible for…