Saturday, January 16, 2010

Indo - Asian Antibiotic News 2010 - by Dr.A.J.Tamhankar

No vaccine or antiviral treatment is currently available for hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD), and it has become a very serious problem in Asia in recent years. The disease is highly contagious and a growing number of HFMD cases have been reported in parts of Asia, including Mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea, and Taiwan. Sinovac Biotech Ltd., a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, has announced that it has filed the application with China's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) to commence a human clinical trial for its vaccine against human enterovirus 71 (EV 71), which causes hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD).

Monday, January 4, 2010

Indo - Asian Antibiotic News 2009 - Dr.A.J.Tamhankar

RANBAXY LAUNCHES `LULIFIN (LULICONAZOLE)` IN INDIA
Lulifin is a topical imidazole and is indicated for Cutaneous mycoses caused by Tinea pedis, Tinea corporis, Tinea cruris. Currently, topical imidazoles and allylamines are used for the treatment of Cutaneous mycoses with disadvantages like long duration of therapy, which leads to poor compliance and a high relapse rate. Clinical trials conducted in Japan and by Ranbaxy, in India, confirm the at par efficacy with other topical imidazoles but with the added advantage of shorter therapy duration and once a day application. This greatly improves patient compliance with significantly better outcomes.