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Fearing antimicrobial resistance in humans, India plans to ban 37 antibiotics for animal use

adminMay 20, 202505 mins

New Delhi: The Centre plans to ban the sale, manufacture, import, and distribution of 37 antimicrobial medicines used to boost animal growth and yield. The plan is to check the effect of antibiotic resistance in humans, which is transferred through the consumption of milk, meat, eggs, and other dairy products. Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) occurs when…

ICMR and CDSCO develop framework for validation of pathogen identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing

adminJanuary 19, 202504 mins

New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) have developed a test for identifying antimicrobial pathogens and susceptibility to antimicrobial resistance among patients. This will help innovators and testing laboratories in performing rapid diagnostic tests. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) threatens the efficacy of many life-saving antibiotics and medicines….