The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Azithromycin for Injection (American Pharmaceutical Partners), the generic equivalent of Pfizer’s Zithromax generic.
Azithromycin drug is indicated for the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia and pelvic inflammatory disease when caused by susceptible microorganisms.
The product will be available in 500-mg vials. It [...]
Cubist Pharmaceuticals has announced the FDA’s approval of its supplemental New Drug Application for daptomycin for injection (Cubicin) as once-a-day therapy at 6 mg/kg for the treatment of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) bloodstream infections, including right-sided endocarditis caused by methicillin-susceptible S. au-reus (MSSA) and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA).
Cubist estimates that these infections account for 30,000 [...]
Oracea (doxycycline generic, CollaGenex) has been approved for the treatment of inflammatory lesions in adults with rosacea, a dermatological condition. This is the first FDA-approved, orally administered, systemically delivered drug to treat rosacea.
This 40-mg capsule offers the convenience of once-a-day administration and contains a combination of immediate-release and delayed-release beads. Rosacea primarily affects the face; [...]
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first generic version of generic metronidazole vaginal gel (MetroGel, QLT USA), a treatment for bacterial vaginosis. This infection is characterized by vaginal discharge, and it results from an overgrowth of bacteria in the vagina.
The FDA has alerted prescribers of new safety concerns about linezolid (Zyvox generic, Pfizer).
A recent open-label, randomized trial compared linezolid with vancomycin (Vancocin, Viro Pharma), oxacillin (Bactocill, SmithKlineBeecham; Prostaphlin, Apothecon), or dicloxacillin (Dycill, GlaxoSmithKline; Dynapen, Apothecon) in seriously ill patients with intravascular catheter-related bloodstream and catheter-site infections. Patients receiving linezolid had a higher chance of [...]
Retapamulin ointment (Altabax, Glaxo-SmithKline) has been approved for the topical treatment of impetigo caused by susceptible strains of Staphylococcus aureus or Streptococcus pyogenes, the two most common types of bacteria in this kind of infection.
Impetigo is considered a contagious infection of the skin’s top layers. It is most common among infants and children two to [...]
This study presented at the International Society of quality of Life demonstrated that children taking Omnicef drug were 28 percent more likely to finish all their medication than those taking Augmentin antibiotic. Parents regarded generic Omnicef a significantly effective, easier-to-use medicine in the antibiotic list to treat acute otitis media.
In this study, researchers compared [...]
