The uncomfortable symptoms of the common cold – sore throats, runny noses and nagging coughs – send many patients to their doctors’ offices seeking antibiotics. Unfortunately, not only are antibiotics of no use against cold and flu symptoms, their overuse is also contributing to a global epidemic of drug resistance. With a goal of reducing this effect, Sarath Malepati, MD founded the Los Angeles-based PPC Group and developed the award-winning EZC Pak to encourage people to become less reliant on unnecessary antibiotics and more focused on supporting a healthy immune system.