The number is huge! About 8.3 million new cases and 1.3 million deaths per year, TB is still in top three infectious diseases accompanied by HIV and malaria. Bedaquiline, with a new hope, has recently launched by the government on the occasion of world TB day. This is a short overview of this so called ‘miracle drug’. Introduction: TB is a global threat. The situation deteriorates when it is prefixed with MDR (Multi Drug Resistant) or XDR (Extensively Drug Resistant).
According to the WHO report published in 2015 around 190000 people died of MDR-TB in 2014. Bedaquiline is the new player in this game against MDR-TB. Bedaquiline is the first new anti-TB drug which is introduced in the market since nearly last 50 years. After getting reported in 2004, the manufacture of Bedaquiline received accelerated FDA approval in 2012. The drug is globally mentioned as ‘the miracle drug’ with high…
