New Delhi: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology, Dr. Jitendra Singh, on Saturday said India has developed its first indigenously discovered antibiotic 'Nafithromycin', which is effective against resistant respiratory infections, particularly useful for cancer patients and poorly controlled diabetics.

According to the minister, the antibiotic is the first molecule entirely conceptualised, developed and clinically validated in India, representing a significant leap toward self-reliance in the pharmaceutical sector.

Dr Singh also mentioned that India has already sequenced over 10,000 human genomes and aims to scale this up to one million.

The gene therapy trial, he added, recorded a 60–70 per cent correction rate with zero bleeding episodes, representing

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