Adding some spice- Curcumin helps treat mycobacterium abscessus, reports research Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli29 April 2025 8:00 PM ISTMycobacterium abscessus is a fast-growing, pathogenic mycobacteria that can cause lung infections, and people who have respiratory conditions or are...
Bedaquiline monotherapy may improve skin lesions in multibacillary leprosy patients, suggests study Jacinthlyn Sylvia12 March 2025 6:15 AM ISTA new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine showed that by 4 weeks of treatment, bedaquiline monotherapy eliminated Mycobacterium...
New Drug Regimens Offer Hope Against Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: NEJM Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli31 Jan 2025 8:45 PM ISTTuberculosis remains one of the deadliest infectious diseases worldwide, with drug-resistant strains posing a significant challenge. In a major...
Bedaquiline Monotherapy Clears Leprosy Bacteria Rapidly, claims research Medha Baranwal14 Dec 2024 5:15 AM ISTBrazil: Bedaquiline monotherapy has demonstrated significant promise in treating multibacillary leprosy, showing remarkable effects on clearing...
Bedaquiline-based regimen improves outcomes in drug resistant tuberculosis, suggests study Jacinthlyn Sylvia22 Oct 2024 8:00 PM ISTA new study published in the Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases showed that two bedaquiline-containing regiments...
JnJ gets USFDA, European Commission nod for Sirturo Ruchika Sharma7 July 2024 4:15 PM ISTBeerse: Johnson & Johnson has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued traditional approval for SIRTURO...
PGIMER Chandigarh Gets CDSCO Panel Nod to Study Bedaquiline Dr. Divya Colin1 Jun 2024 6:00 PM ISTNew Delhi: Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh has got approval from the Subject Expert Committee (SEC)...
Drug-resistant tuberculosis responds rapidly to bedaquiline-based second-line therapy, claims study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli25 April 2024 9:00 PM ISTPatients who have drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) have a similar microbiological response to bedaquiline-based second-line medications as patients...
No shortage of TB drugs in India: Govt Ruchika Sharma14 Dec 2023 11:30 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has informed that there is no shortage of anti-tuberculosis drugs in the country....
Indian Pharma cos get green signal to distribute generic Bedaquiline in low, middle income countries Ruchika Sharma3 Oct 2023 3:30 PM ISTNew Delhi: Indian pharmaceutical manufacturers have received a green light to distribute the generic anti-TB drug Bedaquiline to other countries...
Vague and ill-informed: Centre dismisses claims on shortage of anti-TB drugs in India Ruchika Sharma27 Sept 2023 4:30 PM ISTThere is no shortage of Anti-TB drugs in the field.
Lupin, JnJ cut prices for TB drug in lower-income countries Ruchika Sharma1 Sept 2023 11:30 AM ISTThe drug will be available at the lower prices through the Stop TB Partnership's Global Drug Facility, which is the largest procurer of TB treatments.
