{"id":28208,"date":"2025-10-19T12:15:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T06:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=28208"},"modified":"2025-10-24T17:42:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T12:12:23","slug":"nafithromycin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/nafithromycin\/","title":{"rendered":"Nafithromycin"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Nafithromycin Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the union Science and Technology Minister informed that India has developed its first indigenously discovered antibiotic, Nafithromycin.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Nafithromycin<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an<\/span><b> antibiotic <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which has been developed with the support of <\/span><b>\u201cBiotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council\u201d (BIRAC).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has been brought to market under the <\/span><b>trade name \u201cMiqnaf\u201d.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>first molecule entirely conceptualized,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> developed and clinically validated in India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the country\u2019s first indigenously developed antibiotic aimed at <\/span><b>tackling Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is effective against <\/span><b>resistant respiratory infections<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, particularly useful for cancer patients and poorly controlled diabetics.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This innovation is designed to treat <\/span><b>Community-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (CABP).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nafithromycin\u2019s efficacy stands out as it targets <\/span><b>both typical and atypical pathogens<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, offering a potent solution where no new antibiotic in this class has been developed worldwide for over three decades.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>What is Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)?<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It occurs when <\/span><b>bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> no longer respond to antimicrobial medicines.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a result of drug resistance, antibiotics and other antimicrobial medicines become <\/span><b>ineffective<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and infections become difficult or impossible to treat.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It increases the risk of disease <\/span><b>spread, severe illness, disability and death.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AMR is a natural process driven by genetic changes in pathogens over time, its spread is significantly accelerated by human activities.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsonair.gov.in\/india-develops-first-indigenous-antibiotic-nafithromycin-says-union-science-and-tech-min-dr-jitendra-singh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">News On Air<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nafithromycin is an antibiotic which has been developed with the support of \u201cBiotechnology Industry 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