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...
01 Jun, 2026, 07.44 AM IST
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In 1928, Alexander Fleming Returned From Vacation: Found Mold in a Petri Dish and Discovered Penicillin, Changing Medicine ForeverA forgotten petri dish led to a groundbreaking discovery. Alexander Fleming observed mold inhibiting bacteria, a finding later developed in...
04 May, 2026, 05.35 PM IST
5,000-year-old bacteria revived from ice can fight superbugs, but scientists see a downsideScientists have isolated a Psychrobacter SC65A.3, a bacterial strain frozen for almost 5,000 years in Romania’s Scărișoara Ice Cave. The mi...
17 Feb, 2026, 06.59 PM IST
Alexander Fleming’s Forgotten Petri Dish Sparked the Antibiotic RevolutionA chance observation in Alexander Fleming's London lab in 1928 led to a medical revolution. Fleming noticed mold killing bacteria in a petr...
16 Feb, 2026, 12.25 PM IST
Scientists have found a powerful hidden antibiotic, and they are stunned by its discoveryScientists have discovered a potent new antibiotic, pre-methylenomycin C lactone, within a well-studied bacterium, Streptomyces coelicolor....
31 Oct, 2025, 03.02 PM IST
Artificial Intelligence designs two potential antibiotics to combat drug-Resistant Gonorrhoea and MRSAResearchers have used AI to design two promising antibiotics that are helpful in combating drug-resistant bacteria, including gonorrhoea an...
15 Aug, 2025, 12.54 AM IST
Taking antibiotics for cough & cold can become life threatening, warn expertsMedical experts at King George’s Medical University (KGMU) Lucknow have raised concerns about the indiscriminate use of antibiotics for min...
13 Sep, 2023, 05.10 PM IST
Drug discovery gaps can only be filled by returning to the root of medicine, says this scientistNatural products from microbes and plants are the biggest resource for drug discovery.
28 Jul, 2022, 07.45 PM IST
Wockhardt rallies after revival plan gets a boost from drug nodInvestors cheered the news, sending Wockhardt’s shares up by 5.7 per cent on the BSE on Thursday.
17 Jan, 2020, 08.37 AM IST
New method developed to reduce antibiotic resistanceA novel mathematical method inspired by the Darwinian evolution has been developed to reduce the development of antibiotic-resistant bacter...
12 Oct, 2015, 10.51 AM IST
Why Indian startups like Bugworks, Vitas Pharma have entered the field of drug discoveryAcross geographies, big pharmaceutical companies seem to have stepped back from research and development (R&D) for new drug discovery in th...
18 Jan, 2015, 02.30 PM IST
Nobel laureate John Robin Warren sounds alarm over excessive antibiotic useWarren who hails from Adelaide in Australia, said, "Doctors should stop prescribing antibiotics when they are not needed.
11 Jan, 2015, 12.12 PM IST
Scientists create new antibiotic Teixobactin in 30 yearsTeixobactin can treat many common bacterial infections such as tuberculosis, septicemia and C Diff or clostridium difficile colitis.
09 Jan, 2015, 11.23 AM IST
Cadila Pharma, Helperby sign licensing deal on antibiotic drug resistanceDescribed as the most important innovation in the discovery of antibiotics since Alexander Fleming's original breakthrough more than 80 yea...
14 Nov, 2013, 02.32 PM IST
Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd & Helperby sign licensing deal on antibiotic drug resistanceHelperby will supply Cadila Pharma with Antibiotic Resistance Breakers whilst Cadila will develop the combinations with old antibiotics.
14 Nov, 2013, 02.20 PM IST
Orchid Chemicals, Allecra in pact to develop antibioticsDrug firm Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals said it has inked a strategic pact with Europe-based Allecra Therapeutics to develop novel ant...
18 Apr, 2013, 02.08 PM IST