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The European Commission has granted Pfizer Inc., marketing authorisation for a drug to treat adult patients with intra-abdominal infections, hospital-acquired pneumonia and complex urinary tract infections.
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EC marketing nod for Pfizer drug to fight antimicrobial resistance

HQ Team April 22, 2024: The European Commission has granted Pfizer Inc., marketing authorisation for a drug to treat adult patients with intra-abdominal.

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A bacteria that causes infections, including pneumonia, bloodstream infections, and meningitis are being treated by doctors with less effective old generic antibiotics — even though the US regulator has cleared seven next-generation antibiotics to deal with the germs.
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US doctors still prescribe old generic antibiotics, cost main factor

HQ Team April 20, 2024: A bacteria that causes infections, including pneumonia, bloodstream infections, and meningitis are being treated by doctors with less.

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The USFDA approved Swiss-based Basilea Pharmaceutica International’s Zevtera injection for the treatment of staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections and skin infections in adults and community-acquired bacterial pneumonia in patients three months to 18 years, and adults. 
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Swiss-based Basilea Pharmaceutical’s antimicrobial drug gets FDA nod 

HQ Team April 4, 2024: The USFDA approved Swiss-based Basilea Pharmaceutica International’s Zevtera injection for the treatment of staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections and.

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Lysolipid, a byproduct of the human immune response to viruses and bacteria, may be behind lung instability caused due a life-threatening illness— acute respiratory distress syndrome, researchers said.
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Excess lysolipids may be main reason for acute respiratory distress syndrome

HQ Team March 13, 2024: Lysolipid, a byproduct of the human immune response to viruses and bacteria, may be behind lung instability caused.

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After screening 12 million commercially available compounds using AI, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered a drug candidate to terminate a potentially fatal skin bacteria.
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MIT researchers use AI to discover new antibiotic drug compounds

HQ Team January 2, 2024: After screening 12 million commercially available compounds using AI, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered.

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Patients who brush their teeth may be saving themselves from hospital-acquired pneumonia and other outcomes, according to a study by US researchers.
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Toothbrushing in ICU may save you from hospital-acquired pneumonia

HQ Team December 20, 2023: Patients who brush their teeth may be saving themselves from hospital-acquired pneumonia and other outcomes, according to a.

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Pneumonia is a form of acute respiratory infection that affects the lungs and kills more children than any other infectious disease. Every day at least one child dies from pneumonia every 43 seconds, according to UNICEF.
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Opinion: Steps for prevention, spread, and monitoring pneumonia

By K. Leelamoni November 5, 2023: Outbreaks of pneumonia affecting children in parts of northern China, the US,  the Netherlands, and Denmark are higher than.

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Global air pollution can aid antibiotic resistance in humans along with contaminated food and water, researchers from China and the UK found.
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Global air pollution wrecking human resistance to antibiotics

HQ Team August 13, 2023: Global air pollution can aid antibiotic resistance in humans, researchers from China and the UK found. They checked.

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Aurobindo Pharma DGCI, CDSCO, India
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Indian regulator approves Aurobindo Pharma drug for lung, brain infections

The Indian drug regulator had given its nod for Tergene, a joint venture of Aurobindo Pharma, to make a vaccine to fight pneumonia,.

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Arsenic E. coli drug resitance
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Antibiotic resistance linked to higher arsenic content in drinking water

A rise in arsenic levels in drinking water may result in higher antibiotic resistance of diarrhea-causing Escherichia coli bacteria in children, a study.

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