The Times of India, Mangalore
New cure for malaria
TNN 21 September 2009, 10:03pm IST
MANIPAL: Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MCOPS) recently wintessed a novel formulation of medicine supposed to be higly effective in curing malaria.
Dr Prakash Tahiliani, an allopathic doctor, who chose to practice traditional medicine endeavoured to develop this rare formualtion. He briefed a seminar of the special effects of the medicine at a presentation to students and faculties of MCOPs. He said the formulation, Plasmonil, has been developed and tested on over 40,000 patients.
Tahiliani said 'with one death every three seconds', malaria undoubtedly is one of the greatest public health challenges for the world.
