Zydus gets Mexican regulator nod for Desidustat in test management of COVID-19

July 06, 2020 11:23

Pharmaceutical major Zydus Cadila said on Monday it has got approval from Mexico's Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risk (COFEPRIS) for its one of its lead research candidate Desidustat to be tested in the management of COVID-19.

The clinical and regulatory development of Desidustat in COVID-19 is being executed in Mexico by Avant Sante Research Centre, a leading contract research organisation headquartered in Monterrey."The company will be conducting a phase 2b, multi-centre, open-label, randomised, comparator-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Desidustat tablet for the management of Covid-19 patients," said Zydus in a statement.

As a part of the study, 100 mg tablets of Desidustat will be administered for a period of 14 days along with recommended standard care during the trial.

Patients infected with COVID-19 have been reported to display signs of hypoxia, leading to organ failure and death despite the use of anti-virals, anti-inflammatory drugs or ventilators.

Zydus said the attack with the novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) will cause less and less haemoglobin that can carry oxygen and carbon dioxide. The lung cells have been reported to develop extremely intense poisoning and inflammation due to the inability to exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen frequently, which eventually results in ground-glass-like lung images. -- ANI

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