Antibiotic Resistance

FDA Recalls 3 IV Drugs from Leiters Health for Potential Superpotency

January 11, 2024 - On January 5, 2024, the United States FDA published an announcement detailing a voluntary recall of multiple intravenous (IV) drugs manufactured by Leiters Health. The release notes that 33 lots of IV bags, including vancomycin, phenylephrine, and fentanyl IV bags, have been recalled due to potential superpotency. The recalled compounds and...

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On November 1, 2023, the Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partners (GARDP) and Innoviva Specialty Therapeutics, a subset of Innoviva Inc, issued a co-authored press release announcing that a...

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Earlier this week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a draft guidance for the use of doxycycline, a common antibiotic, as a post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) treatment to...

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On Thursday, the FDA announced that it would grant GSK a fast track designation for its gonorrhea vaccine. The fast track process expedites the review process for drugs used to treat serious conditions...

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A recent report from the World Animal Protection (WAP) revealed that almost one million human deaths globally are linked to antibiotic resistance each year, primarily driven by antimicrobial use in...

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An article published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that post-exposure doxycycline reduces sexually transmitted infection (STI) rates by two-thirds. The study found that men who have sex...

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by Veronica Salib

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