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Topic: Antibiotic

Inside one of the labs fighting India’s biggest healthcare threats—antimicrobial resistance

The latest AMR 2.0 National Action plan was released on 18 November. During its release, JP Nadda called antimicrobial resistance a ‘pandemic’.

English researchers chance upon ‘highly potent’ antibiotic. It may help tackle antimicrobial resistance

The new antibiotic, hiding in plain sight so far, can kill seven different types of bacteria, including those causing skin, blood, urinary infections.

Antibiotics launched in India will soon need CDSCO nod as drug resistance emerges as silent killer

In 2019, bacterial antimicrobial resistance killed between 3 lakh and 10.4 lakh people in India, according to a Lancet report.

1st US FDA-approved drug invented in India set for local launch as part of combination antibiotic

Combination of enmetazobactam, invented by scientists associated with Chennai-based pharma firm Orchid Pharma in 2008, and antibiotic cefipime is used to treat severe bacterial infection.

70% of antibiotic fixed-dose combination drugs sold in India unapproved or banned, finds study

Govt’s moves to curb irrational fixed-dose combinations may have been insufficient & lack enforcement, say researchers. Study published in Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice.

Antibiotic resistance is the newest ‘silent killer.’ Move over Covid

An invisible pandemic, antibiotic resistance caused over 5 million deaths in 2019 alone.

Harvard-rejected Indian, old physiologist & Black surgeon made US’ ‘most versatile antibiotic’

In Pharma, Gerald Posner writes about how an unlikely trio working for a small US company called Lederle discovered Aureomycin, a broad-spectrum antibiotic in 1948.

Big Pharma has failed. It’s been 35 years since a new class of antibiotics entered the market

Antibiotics are among the most important medicines known to humankind, but we are running out of it.

Why antibiotic resistance is a health crisis, and how WHO is tackling it globally

Antibiotic resistance is increasingly becoming a public health problem globally, requiring structural and individual changes.

On Camera

Controversial dog-walker IAS Sanjeev Khirwar is back in Delhi. What happened to his wife?

In 2022, athletes claimed they were asked to wind up training early at Thyagraj Stadium so that the IAS couple could walk their dog. Then came the memes and public outrage.

IndiGo profit plunges 78% as Dec meltdown with 3k flight cancellations takes a toll

Net income for InterGlobe Aviation Ltd slipped 78 percent to Rs 5.5 billion for the three months ended Dec 31 compared with the year-ago period.

Rafale saga: 25 yrs of detours, deadlocks & political hesitation. Now IAF getting what it always wanted

Instead of buying more Mirages outright in early 2000s, the requirement was tweaked in favour of a medium-weight, multi-role fighter with Mirage-like performance. 

Pakistan se azaadi. Grow up India, stop giving it prime real estate in your psyche

Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.