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DV Sadananda Gowda said that a total of 53,000 vials of Conventional Amphotericin B have also been allocated to all the states, UTs and Central Institutions today.

Hyderabad firm develops an alternative emulsion-based formulation in three weeks, to overcome the short supply of Liposomal Amphotericin B

At present, over 50 patients are admitted to the ENT Hospital in Koti and receiving treatment while more admissions are expected in the coming days.

He also wanted the patients or their attendants to share a copy of the application with @KTRoffice so that he could follow up.

The drug supplied to the stockists in turn will be issued based on recommendations of government committee to the hospitals where the patients are admitted.

The Drug Control Administration (DCA) has directed stockists in Telangana not to sell the drug directly to hospitals or patients.

Hyderabad: Just a few days after cases of the dangerous ‘black fungus’ infection (mucormycosis), a post Covid-19 complication, were reported in the city, crooked black marketeers are already on the job, exploiting patients staring at death by selling a potentially life-saving drug for the infection at Rs.50,000 instead of its original price of around Rs.8,000. […]