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TopicPenicillin

Topic: Penicillin

Cheap alternatives, API imports — why Penicillin G production, set to resume after 30 yrs, declined

Production of PenG, used to treat tetanus, strep infections, syphilis, pneumonia & more, was stopped in India in 1990s after cheaper alternatives began surfacing in global market.

Oldest antibiotic prevents rheumatic heart disease, but India’s burden still high. Here’s why

Rheumatic heart disease is associated with a bacterial infection that can later manifest as heart problems. WHO says it’s the most commonly acquired heart disease in people under 25.

India’s oldest drug maker can’t help Modi govt revive penicillin production

Pharma PSU Hindustan Antibiotics has told the Modi govt that it's in 'revival mode', not equipped to take up big projects like penicillin production.

India to revive penicillin, one of world’s oldest antibiotics, 5 yrs after production ended

Doctors across India had put in request to procure the antibiotic used to treat Strep A bacterial infection, which can lead to rheumatic fever & heart disease.

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Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.