BHUBANESWAR, Sept. 21 -- At a time when new drugs are not coming along, it is important to rationally, judiciously and scientifically use the available drugs for treatment of patients, said eminent neurosurgeon Prof Ashok Kumar Mohapatra on Friday.
"New drugs are difficult to develop and we should not use available drugs unnecessarily as they are meant for appropriate use," Prof Mohapatra, presently Director (Health Programs), SOA University, said while speaking at a two-day national seminar on 'Drug Repurposing: Challenges and Opportunities' organisedby the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences (SPS), SOA's faculty of pharmaceutical sciences here.
Prof Mohapatra stressed on an antibiotic policy saying there is a need for evaluation and chang...