Asia - South

India, the world’s main supplier of generic drugs, said on Tuesday it will allow limited exports of the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine that U.S. President Donald Trump has touted as a potential weapon in the fight against the coronavirus.

India is expected to take a call after assessing its own domestic requirement for the drug.

Bank Negara offers tips to avoid healthcare insurance becoming too expensive for Malaysians.

An intranasal vacccine for COVID-19 is under development by Indian pharma company Bharat Biotech. It announced yesterday that a unique intranasal vacccine named 'CoroFlu' is under development.

According to the government of India’s own estimates, India ranks third worldwide for pharmaceutical production by volume and 13th by value.

Every country needs to keep preparing for large-scale community transmission, says regional director.

According to the study, national differences in impact of coronavirus could be partially explained by the different national policies respect to a TB vaccine called Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine.

India, the top source of generic drugs and ingredients, has restricted exports, but the U.S. wants exemptions to have enough to fight the coronavirus.

Philippines stabilizes prices of basic necessities and prime commodities.

Trump tariffs of up to 25 percent have been imposed on a range of Chinese medically related products.

Favipiravir, an off-patent drug originally owned by Japanese drug maker Fuji, holds potential against RNA viruses, one of which is Covid-19.

Pharma market is affected in Q1 and Q2, but will gradually recover in Q3.

Positive reception by Chinese government contrasts with reservations in Japan.

By its conclusion in 1969, Mao flu – now known historically as ‘Hong Kong flu’ – had killed around one million people worldwide, including 100,000 in the US and 80,000 in the UK.

The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority is monitoring the situation to ensure that essential medicines are available across India at the ceiling prices fixed by the government.