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Biotech startup CrisprBits develops platform to test antibiotic resistanceThrough this platform, resistance in bacterial samples can be tested within two hours compared to 24-27 hours through other methods. This c...
ICMR worried over rising resistance to last-resort antibiotics in IndiaICMR has found the abuse of antimicrobials (antibiotics, antivirals or antifungals) to be the reason for this, which is says has led to wid...
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...
Superbug-related death spurs drug regulator warningThe Centre has also asked state drug regulators to take "strong policy measures including stringent regulatory action on the over-the-count...
Antibiotic resistance in food-animals growingIndia, long associated with the spread of superbug New Delhi metallo-beta lactamase-1 and extensively drug-resistance tuberculosis, has now...
Livestock with superbugs pose threat to human healthThe study, led by O R Vinodh Kumar, has been peer reviewed and accepted for publication in the Journal of Applied Microbiology.
World Health Organisation names 12 superbugs; most are present in IndiaThe WHO list of drug-resistant bacteria is divided into three categories. The most critical group includes multidrug-resistant bacteria tha...
'Superbug from India resistant to all available antibiotics'The infection was caused by carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), a multidrug-resistant organism associated with high mortality.
Venus gets marketing authorisation from Myanmar for antibioticElores is effective against serious multidrug-resistant hospital-acquired infections involving metallo-beta-lactamase and carbapenem-resist...
Cadila Pharma working on super-bug NDM-1; soon to commercialize India's first VLP vaccineRajiv Modi, Chairman and managing director of Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd said "The VLP technology flu vaccine would be commericialised with...
NDM-1: What really bugs the superbug researcherThe Lancet has distanced itself from authors of superbug article, saying magazine never accused Indian officials of a cover-up.
- India being wrongly blamed for bacteria in drinking water
Union Health Ministry said India was being wrongly blamed and singled out for the presence of a drug-resistant bacteria in Delhi's public w...
- India 'supressing' truth about NDM-I: Lancet
International health journal Lancet has slammed the government for "suppressing" truth about the presence of a drug-resistant bacteria in D...
- DJB chief says tap water is safe to drink
A day after a study highlighted presence of a superbug in Delhi’s water, Delhi Jal Board (DJB) said there was no need to panic.
- India slams report about superbug in Delhi water supply
Indian health authorities have slammed a report in a foreign journal that said water in parts of Delhi contain bacteria that is resistant t...
- Drug resistant superbug retains Delhi tag
Naming the drug resistant superbug New Delhi Metallo Beta Lactamase-I (NDM-1 ) after India's capital city was 'a big mistake' admitted Lanc...
- Lancet says sorry for 'Delhi bug'
'It was unfair to name a superbug -- organisms that grow in nature in every country -- after India without any evidence that it originated ...
- "Super superbug" NDM-1 spreads in Europe
Some 77 cases of a multi-drug resistant "superbug" from India first reported in Britain in August have now been detected in 13 European cou...
- Eight 'Delhi superbug' docs in the dock
The Indian government has sent notices to eight Indian doctors who were part of a research done by a UK-based medical journal that said for...
- Doctors shrug off superbug health scare from India
Medical authorities in India played down the risk of an international public health scare after a report in warned that people travelling t...