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Pharmaceutical giant offers AIDS related antifungal drug free to 50 countries

...tical giant has announced that it will supply free antifungal drug to 50 countries hardest hit by the AIDS virus...announcement on Wednesday Pfizer said AIDS related antifungal drug Diflucan will be given free of cost to battle HIV through a programe to be coordinated by World...

Pharmaceutical giant offers AIDS related antifungal drug free to 50 countries

...tical giant has announced that it will supply free antifungal drug to 50 countries hardest hit by the AIDS virus...announcement on Wednesday Pfizer said AIDS related antifungal drug Diflucan will be given free of cost to battle HIV through a programe to be coordinated by World...

GlaxoSmithKline - Changes Lamictal(R) Label Appearance and Packaging

...dispensing errors have been between Lamisil(R), an antifungal tablet and Lamictal.In these instances, either Lamisil was substituted for Lamictal or Lamictal was substituted for Lamisil. GlaxoSmithKline announced that it has substantially changed the appearance of container labeling and packaging in an effort ...

Beehives to curb caries

...y secretions. Propolis also has antibacterial and antifungal effects that protect the colony against disease. It has been shown to kill Bacillus larvae, a bacterial disease that attacks bees. Results of the studies showed that overall, propolis inhibited 70-92 percent of Gtf activity in solution. There was a...

Fresh approach to TB treatment

...ts such as in Canestan and Diflucan are central to antifungal treatments of patinets suffering infections such as Canadida albicans but also increasingly in internal fungal infections.New azole drugs are being developed against fungi as the incidence of infection has increased dramatically in recent years.The p...

Beehives to curb dental caries

...y secretions. Propolis also has antibacterial and antifungal effects that protect the colony against disease. It has been shown to kill Bacillus larvae, a bacterial disease that attacks bees. Results of the studies showed that overall, propolis inhibited 70-92 percent of Gtf activity in solution. There was a...

Diabetics Need to Guard Against Nail Fungus

...atment for nail fungus may include oral or topical antifungal agents....

The Dangers Of Prescribing Antibiotics

...tients should not be given erythromycin along with antifungal agents such as diltiazem, verapamil and troleandomycin because it increases the risk of sudden death. Researchers conducted the study to determine if there is any association between the use of erythromycin and sudden cardiac death. Researchers use...

Mouth Infection better handled with new discovery

...t a new drug named histatin, a naturally occurring antifungal agent in saliva kills the fungus- Candida albicans...wearers may also be affected. It can be treated by antifungal medications in otherwise healthy people, but it is harder to treat in people with compromised immuni...

Anti-fungal drug - Griseofulvin may help treat cancer

An antifungal drug called griseofulvin has been around now for almost 40 years for treatment skin // fungal infections. It has now been discovered that it maybe useful in treating cancer as it has been shown to inhibit growth of cancer cells in the lab. This was...

Aloe Vera Coating For Fruits And Vegetables Preservation

...vera gel appears to contain various antibiotic and antifungal compounds that can potentially delay or inhibit microorganisms that are responsible for foodborne illness in humans as well as food spoilage. The gel also offers potential environmental benefits by providing an alternative to sulfur dioxide and oth...

Dermaseptins: Potent vaginal contraceptives

...s suggested that DS4 has antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal and potentially spermicidal activities and could be a potent vaginal contraceptive. However, the authors state that further studies are necessary to elucidate the mode of DS action, and suggest that considering the available information about contr...

Pfizer’s Eraxis Approved By The FD

Pfizer Inc announced the approval of a new antifungal drug, for the treatment of bloodstream infection by the FDA. The new drug called Eraxis, // is indicated in the treatment of candidemia, a hospital acquired fatal blood infection. The improved performance of Eraxis compared to Diflucan, a currently...

Gene Therapy Helps To Cure 'Incurable' Illness

... early age had to rely on powerful antibiotics and antifungal medicines. After their operations 16 months ago, both patients have gained weight and have been free of the severe infections that have plagued them since childhood.Manual Grez of the Institute for Biomedical Research in Frankfurt, one of the leaders...

Reports Characterize Fungal Eye Infections Among Soft Contact Lens Wearers

...applied to the eye) or systemic (taken internally) antifungal medication for an average of 67.1 days. Two cases...me between the first symptoms and the beginning of antifungal treatment appeared to be related to treatment outcomes; those patients for whom seven days or more p...

Anti-fungal Drug Block Angiogenesis

... pharmacology. "We couldn't have predicted that an antifungal drug would have such a role." There has been a g...ted on these cells. Itraconazole is a well known antifungal drug and it works by blocking a key enzyme for making fungal cholesterol and thus making them brittl...

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