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Tocilizumab
Tocilizumab is a drug that is used for its immunosuppressant properties i.e. inhibits the activity of the immune system and its anti-inflammatory properties. It is used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. This drug is made of humanized monoclonal antibodies (in which the protein sequences are altered to make them resemble the antibodies naturally produced ..
..Read MorePrecautionary vaccine jabs in India
The Government of India is to provide third dose of vaccine. This third dose has been named “precaution dose” or booster dose. About the precaution dose The health care workers, comorbid patients (people with severe medical conditions) and frontline workers are eligible to get the precaution dose. Five states in the country are to go ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2022
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: 2-DG • Biological E • booster dose • Cadila Pharmaceuticals • Cipla • Corbevax • COVAXIN • COVID-19 vaccines • Covishield • Covovax Vaccine • COWIN • Johnson and Johnson • Moderna • Molnupiravir • mRNA vaccine • Tocilizumab • ZyCov-D • Zydus Cadila
26th Meeting of Group of Ministers on COVID-19
On May 17, 20121, the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare chaired the 26th meeting of Group of Ministers on COVID-19. Key Outcomes of the meet CoWIN portal is to be made available in Hindi. Also, it will be made available in fourteen regional languages. Around seventeen more laboratories will be added to the ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022
Topics: Co-WIN • COVID-19 • Favipiravir • Group of Ministers • INSACOG • mucormycosis • Rapid Antigen Test • Remdesivir • Tocilizumab • Variant of Concern