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India in final stages of framing protocols for clinical trial of plasma therapy: ICMR

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A senior Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) official said that India is in the final stages of framing a protocol for conducting a clinical trial for convalescent plasma therapy, which uses antibodies from the blood of cured patients, to treat severely-ill Covid-19 patients. Kerala is set to become the first state in the country to commence the therapy to treat those critically-ill on a trial basis.