Bayer upset as Canada overrides patent law
Bayer said it had "serious doubts" about the Canadian government's decision to override the patent on Cipro, its antibiotic used to fight anthrax. Canada maintains that Bayer was unable to meet its
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Bayer may ask rivals to help make Cipro
Bayer AG said it is exploring whether to ask some rival drug companies to produce some of its antibiotic Cipro to make certain an adequate supply of the drug is available in the face of the anthrax
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US considers India as source for generic ciprofloxacin
Indian generic-drug companies, which this year emerged as a source of inexpensive AIDS drugs for Africa, are now emerging as potential sources of anti-biotics to fight ant widespread outbreak of
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AIDS activists emboldened by US threat to bust Bayer patent
AIDS activists and developing nations are seizing on US health and human services secretary Tommy Thompson's threat to bust the patent on Bayer AG's antibiotic to convince international trade rule
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Bayer to cut Cipro price for US
Drugmaker Bayer AG said it would sell up to 300 million tablets of Cipro to the US government at a discount to help authorities stockpile the antibiotic to cope with the threat of anthrax. The German
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Saviour Cipro comes from a questionable family
After anthrax fears spurred everyone from New York's governor to hundreds of postal workers to take the antibiotic Cipro, drug-safety experts are now predicting a rash of health problems caused by
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Washington agrees $95m Cipro deal with Bayer
The US government struck a $95m bargain with Bayer to buy enough Cipro antibiotic tablets to treat 12m people in the event of exposure to or infection by anthrax bacteria now being used as a
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US leans away from Cipro as first-line anthrax drug
US health officials said they would start leaning away from the antibiotic Cipro as the first-line treatment to prevent anthrax infection and use more of the older safer
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A patent problem called anthrax
The Canadian government's decision to manufacture the generic version of the antibiotic drug, Ciprofloxacin, has expectedly met with no voice of dissent from the patent holding MNC. Even the US
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Sweat it Out
Sweating could keep your body germ-free. A German study reported in Nature Immunology shows that sweat contains an antibiotic protein called dermicidin. It is the first antimicrobial compound to be
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New nasal spray to wipe out bugs
A revolutionary nasal spray may turn out to be the most powerful weapon against infection since antibiotics were invented. The spray contains an enzyme taken from viruses which attack and kill
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AP shrimp farmers asked to avoid antibiotics
The Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) has advised shrimp farmers, hatcheries and processors in Andhra Pradesh to desist from using certain banned antibiotics as some export
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Antibiotics to beat 'superbugs'
A new generation of antibiotics to combat hospital "superbugs" and tuberculosis and salmonellas are being developed by Dr. Jim Naismith of St. Andrews University, Scotland. Superbugs such as MRSA
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Austria seizes meat tainted with antibiotic
Austria's health ministry said it had seized 13.62 kg of Dutch calves' liver that tested positive for the antibiotic chloramphenicol (CAP). The ministry said in a statement authorities had
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FAO for global ban on Chloramphenicol
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation has recommended a global ban on the use of Chloramphenicol, a broad spectrum antibiotic, in agriculture, animal husbandry and aquaculture. Many countries have
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An antibiotic to fight immune bugs
Australian hospitals have a new weapon to combat the rise of deadly, drug-resistant 'superbugs' in the form of a revolutionary synthetic antibiotic. The treatment - hailed as the most powerful
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Don't use banned chemical, Thai shrimp farmers told
Thai shrimp producers urged farmers this week to stop using a banned antibiotic to prevent a possible European Union ban of Thai seafood imports. We would like to urge farmers to stop using banned
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EU finds banned drug in Thai chicken
The European Union has found traces of the banned antibiotic nitrofuran in shipments of Thai chicken and shrimp, a senior Thai official said. The commission had informed that it would ban chicken and
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Two studies question benefit of Pfizer drug for ailing heart
Two large studies failed to show that Pfizer Inc.'s popular antibiotic Zithromax can benefit heart patients, and left unanswered broader questions over whether infection may be an important culprit
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Plan to total on antibiotics in animal feed
The use of antibiotics as an ingredient in animal feed would be banned under proposals unveiled by the European Commission to tighten Europe's much maligned food safety standards. David Byrne, EU