FUNGAL INFECTIONS

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• Zydus Lifesciences receives USFDA nod for Micafungin injection

  Micafungin injection is indicated to treat a variety of fungal infections. It is also used to prevent fungal infections in patients who are having a stem cell transplant.

  

• Apex Laboratories launches advanced Supra Bioavailable Itraconazole for fungal infections

  Itraconazole capsule has become an oral treatment of choice for superficial fungal diseases. Itraconazole is widely considered even for the treatment of conditions such as blastomycosis, histoplasmosis & aspergillosis.

  

• Doctors warn contagious fungal infections are on the rise due to the summer heat

  There is a spike in fungal infections that increase during the summer due to hot and humid weather conditions and excessive sweating. A hot environment will encourage fungi growth. Due to the lack of personal hygiene, the number keeps on going up every year.

  

• IIT Hyderabad develops oral amphotericin B to treat black fungus

  Researchers have kept the technology free of intellectual property rights and are looking for pharmaceutical partners who can take up mass-scale production. Currently, AmB is an injectable drug.

  

• Fungal Infections: The Name Identifies, the Colour Mystifies!

  Fungi are commonly found in the environment and include Aspergillus species, Penicillium, Mucor and many more. They grow in the presence of glucose, humid conditions and warm temperatures.

  

• Mucormycosis: The dark side of self Covid treatment

  A second pandemic via an 'avoidable foe' is the opposite of what the global population needs right now.

  

• Antibiotics for Covid cases worsen India’s superbug crisis

  Doctors battling to save lives amid a dearth of effective treatments are turning to the medicines they have on hand — often antibiotics that aren’t used in other countries for Covid-19. What’s more, the chaos of overrun hospitals means staff can’t always take precautions to ensure infections don’t spread from one patient to the next.

  

• Hospitals are witnessing a sudden spurt in multidrug resistant fungal infections: Dr. J.N Verma, MD at Lifecare Innovations

  Black fungus medically termed Mucormycosis or Zygomycosis is a life-threatening fungal infection with high mortality and usually surfaces in immune compromised patients.

  

• Lupin gets tentative nod from USFDA for its toenail fungus treatment topical solution

  The company has received tentative approval to market its Efinaconazole topical solution, 10%, from the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA), Lupin said in a regulatory filing.

  

• Researchers developing ayurvedic alternatives for treating bacterial, fungal infections

  Preliminary results of the ongoing research have indicated that herbal drug Fifatrol can be a suitable alternative to allopathic antibiotics without causing any side effects.

  

• IIT-H researchers develop controlled-release AmB tablets to treat fungal infections, kala azar

  Amphotericin B (AmB) is the drug of choice for progressive and potentially life-threatening fungal infections of the abdomen and heart valves, fungal pneumonia, and leishmaniasis, a neglected tropical disease.