Last Updated on April 7, 2021 by The Health Master
New Delhi: Zydus Cadila has submitted its application to Dr V.G. Somani the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for the repurposing of hepatitis drug PegiHep in hospitalised C-19 patients after a phase 3 clinical trial, conducted by the company, showed a single dose was significantly better in treating the acute respiratory disease.
In a phase 3 trial of 250 patients across about two dozen centres in India, Zydus Cadila found that 91.2% of patients treated with the drug were RT-PCR negative by the seventh day as compared to 78.9% in patients given standard of care.
The drug, originally approved for use in chronic hepatitis B and C patients also reduced the duration for supplemental oxygen to 56 hours from 84 hours in moderate C-19 patients in the hospital.
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