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The pipeline of new antibiotics is drying up. A bill in Congress aims to change that.

Bio Pharma Dive

Despite the growing threat of drug-resistant bacteria, few new antibiotics are reaching the market because of hurdles that biotech executives and experts say stand in the way.

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Valneva’s Lyme disease vaccine faces final clinical test in a sparse landscape

Pharmaceutical Technology

In the last 20 years, this is the biggest buzz in the vaccine market for Lyme disease,” said Yale School of Medicine associate professor Sukanya Narasimhan, PhD, about the Phase III VLA15 trial. Lyme disease is also known as borreliosis, which refers to the borrelia bacteria that cause the condition. cases per 100,000 people in 2018.

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Vaxcyte trains its sight on a lucrative market with pneumococcal vaccine

Pharmaceutical Technology

On 24 October, American vaccine developer Vaxcyte shared positive topline data from a Phase I/II study of its multivalent conjugate pneumococcal vaccine VAX-24 , bringing the 24-valent pneumococcal jab one step closer to market. Competition in an increasingly heated market.

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Journey Medical’s Emrosi Wins FDA Approval for Rosacea, Could Rival Galderma’s Oracea

XTalks

Research suggests that certain bacteria, particularly those associated with Demodex mites (tiny mites that naturally live on human skin) like Bacillus oleronius , could contribute to rosacea in some individuals. Other studies suggest that Helicobacter pylori bacteria infections may also cause rosacea.

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Fight Against the Antibiotic Resistance in the Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections Market

Delveinsight

However, antibiotics are the only available treatment options in the Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections market to cater to such a large patient pool. Some of the most commonly prescribed antibiotics in the Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infection therapy market include the combination drug trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole, trimethoprim, ?-lactams,

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Governments and pharma relationships and implications for antimicrobial resistance

Pharmaceutical Technology

AMR occurs when disease-causing bacteria become resistant or immune to the antibiotics used to treat them. Many new therapeutics are needed to treat the broad range of bacterial infections, and bringing new antibiotics to market is both difficult and expensive. million direct deaths in 2019 and an additional 4.95

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Bayer agrees to pay $40m to resolve claims on three drugs

Pharmaceutical Technology

Trasylol is a medication utilised for controlling bleeding in some heart surgeries while Avelox is an antibiotic indicated for treating particular bacteria strains. Later on, the company withdrew Trasylol and Baycol from the market for safety reasons.

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