Dr B H Manjunath, managing director, DRM Innovations, said that four drugs against human anti-SARS-CoV-2 have been discovered and are under the trials.
Month: May 2021
** Meet Bengaluru’s mobile doctor who attends to patients in need
Dr Sunil Kumar Hebbi works on a contract basis with the BBMP Covid clinic by night and serves the needy by the day for free.
Dr Sunil can be reached at 6363832491 or 9741958428 (WhatsApp).
** Khoday Group releases ayurvedic drug for Covid treatment
‘ViraNorm’ is currently being tested on about 250 Covid patients in Victoria and other hospitals. ViraNorm, developed in association with Althea DRF and Lifesciences, has completed the third stage of the trial.
** Dharwad firm to manufacture Sputnik V
Dharwad-based Shilpa Biologicals Private Limited (SBPL) will manufacture Sputnik V vaccine at its production centre in Belur Industrial Area, near Dharwad.
It will be among the first production units of the Russian vaccine in India.
SBPL is an arm of Shilpa Medicare, one of the top suppliers of drugs in the country, established in 1987 in Raichur.
Sputnik V has been developed by the Gamaleya National Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology of Russia.
Indian pharmaceutical company Dr Reddy’s Laboratory entered into a partnership with Russian Direct Investment Fund for the vaccine in India.
** Shobha Ranjolkar dies of cardiac arrest
Senior theatre artiste and theatre director Shobha Ranjolkar died of a cardiac arrest at a private hospital in Kalaburagi on Sunday. She was 67.
She is survived by her two sons.
Ms. Ranjolkar, a native of Kodangal in Telangana, was married to Bheem Rao Kulkarni, an engineer from Ranjol in Sedam taluk of Kalaburagi district.
** Sanskrit scholar Lakshmitathachar dead
He was founder-director of Academy of Sanskrit Research
Renowned Sanskrit scholar and founder-director of the Academy of Sanskrit Research, M.A. Lakshmithathachar, 85, passed away at Melkote in Mandya district on Saturday. He is survived by two sons.
** New blood-based biomarker to distinguish between bacterial and viral infections
As COVID-19 stands as a grim testimony to the damage an infectious disease can cause to human health and welfare, a major challenge in treating such diseases is misdiagnosis, which can lead to trial-and-error treatments, and improper use of antibiotics. Identifying the correct type of infection, is, therefore critical.
A recent study from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has identified a set of molecular biomarkers that can be used in the differential diagnosis of acute bacterial and viral infections.
First author Sathyabaarathi Ravichandran, Research Associate in the lab of Nagasuma Chandra, Professor at the Department of Biochemistry, explained that antibiotics are given even for viral infections in some cases because of misdiagnosis. With current methods, it can take a lot of time to test for bacterial or viral infections.
** Six new triage centres set up in Bengaluru
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has set up six new physical triage centres in the city, taking the total number of such centres to 32 across the eight zones in the city.
** Volunteers from around the world rally to help tackle COVID-19 in Karnataka
Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute 1992 batch doctors liaise with volunteer groups to offer services
Doctors living across the world — all alumni of the Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute (BMCRI) from the 1992 batch — have now banded together with a coalition of volunteer groups to offer end-to-end COVID-19 management for patients in Karnataka, particularly in Bengaluru.
While the Karnataka COVID-19 Volunteers Team (KCVT), with over 500 members, has set up a helpline (080-47166115) which counsels patients, refers them to doctors for tele-consultation, helps in home management and to find hospital beds, Mercy Mission is operating two COVID-19 care centres and has a tie-up with the HBS Hospital in Shivajinagar for critical care. While the helpline and tele-consultation with doctors is available for patients across the State, other on ground facilities are in the city.
** ‘Oxygen on wheels’ in all districts
The State road transport corporations are ready to provide ‘Oxygen on Wheels’ services in all districts if private groups or NGOs come forward to sponsor oxygen concentrators and equipment required for providing oxygen inside buses, Deputy Chief Minister and Transport Minister Laxman Savadi said.