Dr. Jitendra Singh announces soft launch of India’s First Indigenous Antibiotic, Nafithromycin, to Combat Drug Resistance

Daily Current Affairs / Dr. Jitendra Singh announces soft launch of India’s First Indigenous Antibiotic, Nafithromycin, to Combat Drug Resistance

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Category : National Published on: November 25 2024

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In a groundbreaking step for India’s biotechnology sector, Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh formally launched the first indigenous antibiotic “Nafithromycin” for resistant infections.
The antibiotic "Naphithromycin" has been developed in collaboration with the "Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council" (BIRAC), a unit of the Department of Biotechnology and has been marketed under the name "Miknaf" by the pharma company "Volkhardt".
It is the country's first indigenously developed antibiotic that aims to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

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Dr. Jitendra Singh announces soft launch of India’s First Indigenous Antibiotic, Nafithromycin, to Combat Drug Resistance