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Antibiotic resistance emerging as major threat to surgical care: ExpertsAntimicrobial resistance now challenges routine surgical procedures and increases infection risks. Surgeons warn that losing effective anti...
India's protein boom: Growth, risks & need for sustainable sourcingIndia's appetite for protein is on the rise, opening doors for food enterprises seeking growth. However, this expansion is not without chal...
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...
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...
These mid-cap stocks with ‘strong buy’ & ‘buy’ recos can rally over 25%, according to analystsThe first indication of what might be in store for the world when the new US president takes office in January 2025 came with the word “tar...
These 10 mid-cap stocks with ‘Strong Buy’ & ‘Buy’ recos can rally over 32%, according to analystsWhy are mid- and small-cap stocks seeing more selling pressure? The answer lies in a couple of things – and their coming together at the sa...
Cipla expects to commence supplies to US from China plant later this yearCipla plans to start supplying from its China facility to the US market by the second half of the current fiscal year, following USFDA appr...
Do you really need that antibiotic?Swallowing an antibiotic is like carpet-bombing the trillions of microorganisms that live in the gut, killing not just the bad but the good...
G20 leaders stress on achieving universal health coverage, enhancing pandemic preparednessWhile highlighting the public health dimension of the world drug problem, the leaders called for strong international counter-narcotics coo...
G20 Health Ministers call for building resilient, equitable access to affordable medicines in developing worldAccording to the outcome document released after the meet in Gandhinagar on August 19, consensus was built on setting up research and devel...
Coordinated measures crucial to address growing menace of antimicrobial resistance in India: Health secretaryUnion Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Thursday stressed on the need for coordinated efforts to address the growing menace of antimicrobi...
Govt has identified antimicrobial resistance as key priority in national health policy: Union Minister Bharati PawarThe minister of State for Health said India's example of prioritizing the development and implementation of state action plans for containm...
Lancet report on unapproved antibiotic use in India is 'misleading, inappropriate': Govt officialProf. Y K Gupta, a senior pharmacologist and vice chairman of the Standing National Committee on Medicines (SNCM) which prepared the Nation...
C-CAMP to jointly work on antimicrobial resistance solutions with AMR GlobalC-CAMP, an initiative of the Dept of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, and the prominent public private partnership organi...
India facing shortage of 600,000 doctors, 2 million nurses: StudyIn India, 65 per cent of health expenditure is out-of-pocket, and such expenditures push some 57 million people into poverty each year.
Do you often take antibiotics, even without a prescription? It could turn minor infections into a major health concernStudies have shown that around 50-60% of antibiotic prescriptions are unnecessary.
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.