VSICON 2013 – Kodaikanal

A team at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale in Lausanne, Switzerland has announced the development of flexible spinal implants that could help paralysed people walk again. The implant is called the eDura for “electronic dura mater”. The dura mater is the soft connective tissue that surrounds the brain and spinal cord. Traditional implants are more rigid…

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…

11 high-performing members of our sales-team went on a trip to Dubai as part of the Focus-21 contest. Congratulations to the winners !

In August 2012 at the Clinical Infectious Diseases Society conference in Chennai, a road-map was laid out to tackle the problem of increasing resistance of bacteria to antibiotics. This is popularly known as the Chennai Declaration. It envisages that within 5 years, 90% of all antibiotics should be included in Schedule H1 and be sold…

“Missing Microbes – How Antibiotics can do Harm” – by Dr. Martin J. Blaser – published March 2014 Dr Blaser is a professor of medicine and infectious diseases at New York University. Some points from the book – 1. Increasing resistance due to rampant abuse of antibiotics 2. Benevolent bacteria are killed as well by…

The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a comprehensive report on Superbugs, highlighting the problem of AntiMicrobial Resistance (AMR). Significant points: 1. No major types of antibiotics discovered in the last 30 years 2. This report covers data from 114 countries – high levels of resistance found in all parts of the world 2. Without…