The Government is trying to pass the Disabilities Bill in the winter session of Parliament. In 1997, India became the 7th nation to ratify the UNCRPD (United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities). This shifts disability from a medical perspective to a human-rights approach. This includes disability in seeing, hearing, movement and mental…
Section H1 Drugs and Cosmetics Rules In September 2013, the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules 1945 was modified. A section H1 was added to specify certain 3rd and 4th generation antibiotics in addition to some anti-TB drugs and addictive drugs. For the drugs under Schedule H1, pharmacies are required to retain a copy of the prescription…
Antibiotic introduced in year First resistant bacterial strain found in Penicillin introduced in 1940 Penicillin-resistant staph – 1940 Tetracycline introduced in 1950 Tetracycline-resistant shigella 1959 Erythromycin introduced in 1953 Erythromycin-resistant strep – 1968 Methicillin introduced in 1960 Methicillin-resistant staph aureus (MRSA) – 1962 Levofloxacin – 1996 Resistant bacteria emerged in – 1996 Linezolid –…
The Antimicrobial Discovery Center at Northeastern University in Boston, US announced the discovery of Teixobactin, the first new class of antibiotics in nearly 30 years. The discovery is a breakthrough because bacteria are increasingly becoming resistant to existing antibiotics. The rampant misuse and overuse of antibiotics has been blamed for this increasing bacterial resistance. Also, pharmaceutical companies had…
A recent article highlights for example the danger of artemisinin-resistant bacteria emerging in Cambodia. Currently, these bacteria have been restricted to the East of the Moei river which separates Burma and Thailand. But once these cross over to India and Bangladesh and then to Africa, the problem will become difficult to contain. Artemisinin is often…
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