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TopicAntibiotic resistance

Topic: Antibiotic resistance

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.

Superbugs behind fatal blood infections in India rapidly growing resistant to last-resort antibiotics

Findings published in Lancet based on ICMR data collected from 14 states. Study to help monitor anti-microbial resistance & tailor region-specific treatment plans, researchers say.

Antimicrobial resistance can kill 10 million by 2050. Ending it will be an era-defining triumph

Disease prevention is by far the most effective strategy for reducing the need for antibiotics in people and animals.

Antimicrobial resistance can kill 10 million by 2050. Ending it will be an era-defining triumph

Disease prevention is by far the most effective strategy for reducing the need for antibiotics in people and animals.

Ceftriaxone, among India’s most prescribed antibiotics, ‘increasingly resistant’ against pathogens

Monocef, a popular brand of the drug, has been among top-selling medicines these last few months. Ceftriaxone is ‘watch’ antibiotic, with high potential for antimicrobial resistance. 

What is antibiotic resistance and how we can tackle it

Overuse and misuse of antibiotics is a significant factor in the spread of superbugs, but pollution and climate change also play a role.

Antibiotic resistance must be seen as a global health emergency. It will define our future

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