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Zaynich's blockbuster potential lifts Wockhardt's long-term outlookWockhardt's novel antibiotic, Zaynich, has received USFDA approval after a 12-year effort, sparking hopes for a turnaround after years of n...
Wockhardt shares rocket 19% after FDA approval for antibiotic targeting drug-resistant infections. Check detailsWockhardt's shares surged 19% after the U.S. FDA approved ZAYNICH, a novel intravenous antibiotic for complicated urinary tract infections....
FDA approval puts Wockhardt’s Zaynich in $9 billion antibiotics marketWockhardt's new antibiotic, Zaynich, has received US FDA approval. This drug uses a novel mechanism to fight drug-resistant bacteria. It ta...
Superbugs on the rise: One lakh lab samples show routine antibiotics no longer effective in IndiaIndia's common infections are becoming untreatable as widely used antibiotics lose efficacy, according to a new ICMR report. Bacteria causi...
Indian pharma Wockhardt seeks US approval for new drug to treat UTIsWockhardt has submitted a New Drug Application to the USFDA for its novel antibacterial agent, Zidebactam-Cefepime injection. This drug tar...
How an 80-year-old antibiotic can become a wonder drug to defeat world's most dangerous infectionsResearchers are studying streptothricin, an old antibiotic, for its potential to fight drug-resistant superbugs. The antibiotic, now named ...
Bubonic plague causes death. Check symptoms, diagnosis, treatmentA New Mexican individual lost his life from the bubonic plague, a disease that affects humans and mammals, caused by a dangerous bacterium.
Researchers develop new class of antibiotics to fight drug-resistant bacteriaResearchers have developed a promising class of antibiotics targeting Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB), a bacterium resi...
Venus Remedies launches flagship R&D drug Elores in OmanVenus Remedies has launched its R&D drug Elores, which is effective against multiple drug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria and has been pat...
Your reusable water bottle contains 40,000 times more bacteria than toilet seat, finds a studyThe research further revealed that the bottle caps are the cleanest part of the bottle, with a tenth of the amount of bacteria. In order to...
Your reusable water bottle can foster 40K times more bacteria than a toilet seat, shows new studyFor comparison, a toilet seat has 515 CFUs.
This drug can fight more than 300 drug-resistant bacteriaA team of researchers have developed a novel drug molecule that can help ward off more than 300 drug-resistant bacteria.
Global travellers more likely to pick up virulent strains of drug-resistant bacteriaUp to 80% of travellers returning from high-risk regions are colonised by MDR-GN bacteria.
IIT Roorkee researchers find antibiotic against multi-drug resistant bacteriaIn a new study published in the journal, ‘Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy’, IIT Roorkee researchers screened a library of 11,000 comp...
Google celebrates microbiologist Hans Christian Gram's 166th birth anniversary with doodleTerms like 'Gram-positive' and 'Gram-negative' were coined after him.
IIT-Guwahati researchers develop hand-held device to detect bacteria instantaneouslyBacterial infection is a common cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide.
Now smaller firms developing antibiotics but will society, politicians accept high prices?As a woman dies in the US from a superbug infection likely caught in India, four domestic companies are taking up the cudgels in the area o...
Your toothbrush may be contaminated with faecesIf you are using a shared washroom there is a 60 per cent chance your toothbrush is covered in fecal matter from someone else, a new study ...
Silver can make antibiotics more effectiveSilver added to antibiotics could make them 10 to 1,000 times more effective and enable them to fight drug-resistant infections
- Superbug: British researchers challenge India's stand
The researchers have challenged the stand of Indian health authorities who have been maintaining that drug-resistant pathogens such as the ...