Stop the pill-popping, it helps superbugsAntimicrobial resistance (AMR) in India is a significant public health threat, exacerbated by overuse and misuse of antibiotics and lack of...
25 Oct, 2024, 10.52 PM IST
Untreatable fungal infections are now killing nearly 3.8 mn each year, WHO experts sound alarmDeadly Fungal Infection: The world faces a growing crisis in antifungal resistance, with fungal infections causing millions of deaths annua...
24 Sep, 2024, 10.53 AM IST
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...
24 Sep, 2023, 10.06 AM IST
Candida auris: All you need to know about the deadly fungus spreading across the U.SSome strains of Candida auris are categorized as superbugs due to their resistant to all three classes of antifungal medication used to tre...
23 Mar, 2023, 10.58 AM IST
Candida auris: Know about the fatal drug-resistant fungus spreading across US and its symptomsThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which claims that it poses a major danger to world health, revealed that 5,754 instances we...
21 Mar, 2023, 08.11 PM IST
Crocodiles protected against fungal infections, could help human medicine11 Mar, 2023, 05.04 PM IST
India's pharma market grows 8% in '22 led by price hikesIn 2021, the market had shown a growth of 14.9%, primarily because of a low base, and the high volume offtake of Covid-19 and related medic...
07 Jan, 2023, 06.39 AM IST
Central govt employees: Guidelines issued for treatment and billing by CGHS empanelled hospitalsThe Central Government Health Scheme provides comprehensive health care facilities for central government employees and pensioners and thei...
24 Nov, 2022, 02.16 PM IST
Sustained rise in antimicrobial resistance in India: ICMR studyThis is the fifth detailed report on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) trends and patterns from the country published by the ICMR. This year's...
10 Sep, 2022, 10.51 AM IST
Stop & think before you pop that pill. Antibiotics can cause life-threatening fungal infections. Here's howWhen we take antibiotics, we kill off some of our gut bacteria.
16 May, 2022, 08.05 PM IST
Covid-19: Key drugs, steroids in short supply; input costs surgeTwo anti-virals — Remdesivir and Favipiravir — and Tocilizumab injections being used in the Covid-19 treatment have witnessed massive short...
21 May, 2021, 10.22 AM IST
Centre issues advisory on management of Mucormycosis fungal infection in COVID-19 patientsWarning symptoms include pain and redness around eyes and nose, fever, headache, coughing, shortness of breath, bloody vomits and altered m...
09 May, 2021, 10.08 PM IST
Pharma companies Cipla & Wockhardt in global alliance to fight drug resistanceThe other companies in the alliance include global majors such as Johnson & Johnson, Novartis, Pfizer, Sanofi and AstraZeneca.
20 Sep, 2016, 07.43 PM IST
CCI nod to Mankind Pharma acquisition by Cairnhill CIPEF and Cairnhill CGPE.The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved acquisition of 11% equity shares of Mankind Pharma by global private equity firm Cai...
13 Jul, 2015, 07.48 PM IST
Lyka Labs sells Tarapur manufacturing unit for Rs 38.6 croreDrug firm Lyka Labs has sold its formulation manufacturing unit at Tarapur for Rs 38.61 crore.
29 Sep, 2014, 01.33 PM IST
Panel seeks warning labels on medicinesAll antibiotics, TB drugs may soon come with a label warning users about the dangers of taking them without medical advice.
23 Feb, 2013, 03.23 AM IST
- Diabetes, anti-fungal drugs to get cheaper
Retail prices of several anti-diabetes and anti-fungal drugs will come down, following cuts in the prices of bulk drugs 'glipizide' and 'to...
29 Apr, 2009, 02.23 AM IST