PepsiCo the giant food and beverage company is returning to its pharmaceutical origins by working on the taste of tuberculosis drugs for children.

PepsiCo whose original soda was mixture by a pharmacist using sugar, lemon oil, and nutmeg is returning its vast research and development operations to improve the taste of tuberculosis drugs.

The medications of Tuberculosis are produced in pills for adult and are often a tough challenge for children to swallow it. Dr. Richard Chaisson, a professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore said, the drugs are not formulated for them, and they are unpleasant".

They advised the parents to crush the pills and mix them into foods like applesauce, peanut butter or ice cream to make the vile taste. Dr. Chaisson pointed out that, proper treatment of kids for TB is a nightmare.

Every year about 10.4 million peoples was affected by tuberculosis. From them, each year one million children come down with the disease, most in Africa, and also some others part of the Soviet Union and Latin America, reported by W.H.O. In 2013 a total of 9,582 peoples are affected in the US among them, 485 children were the age of fewer than 15, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

. The idea of drug-resistant TB came from Rajneesh Taneja, who made a sign off a partnership with PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi, reported by The New York Times.

PepsiCo will be working to improve the flavor and sensory perception of 17 drugs used in treating tuberculosis. The company is also the expertise of any intellectual property associated with the flavor and innovations it comes up with to make the drugs more palatable.

Meanwhile, ties between food companies and medical organizations have been under scrutiny of late. But Dr. Spigelman revealed that we are really doing something that will help save lives, and the decision is really unique.

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