Antibiotics Industry News & Blogs

Industry News & Blogs

Antibiotics No Help Against Most Sinus Infections
www.biospace.com | Feb 15, 2012
Antibiotics don't help fight most sinus infections, although doctors routinely prescribe them for that purpose, according to a U.S. study. Researchers

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seekingalpha.com | Feb 14, 2012
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Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) Therapeutics – Pipeline Assessment | PRLog
www.prlog.org | Feb 10, 2012
Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) Therapeutics – Pipeline Assessment. The Clostridium difficile Infection Therapeutics Market to Show Significant Growth until 2019 - PR11795729

Call to scrap "misleading" GP antibiotic measures | 6minutes
www.6minutes.com.au | Feb 9, 2012
One of the government’s key performance indicators for GPs – the prescribing of antibiotics for common colds – is highly misleading and should be scrapped, epidemiologists say.

Short Antibiotic Courses Safer for Breathing-Tube Infections in Children - 05/05/2011
www.hopkinsmedicine.org | Jan 27, 2012
Short courses of antibiotics appear just as effective as longer ones — and a great deal safer — in treating respiratory infections that might cause pneumonia in children on temporary breathing devices, according to a Johns Hopkins Children’s Center study published online May 3 in Clinical

European Action Against Antimicrobial Resistance - Pharmaceutical Technology
pharmtech.findpharma.com | Dec 22, 2011
The European Commission has unveiled a comprehensive action plan against antimicrobial resistance that includes provisions to promote R&D as well as the possibility of establishing fast-track procedures for marketing authorizations.

amednews: Do you practice in an antibiotic-prescribing hot spot? :: Dec. 5, 2011 ... American
www.ama-assn.org | Dec 5, 2011
Prescription rates vary widely by state, with West Virginia residents given about twice as many antibiotics as people in Alaska and Oregon, data show.

New Reviews on Shigella and C diff at Eureka Science Magazine
www.prweb.com | Nov 3, 2011
The Online Science Magazine publishes daily reviews on popular topics within the biological sciences. The latest inclusions cover two infectious bacteria harmful to humans. Shigella is a bacteria that can cause dysentery and C diff (Clostridium difficile) can cause severe diarrhea.

MRSA in U.S. becoming resistant to over the counter ointment – The Chart - CNN.com Blogs
thechart.blogs.cnn.com | Sep 16, 2011
Frequent use of over-the-counter anti-bacterial ointments in the United States may be leading to a new, antimicrobial resistant strain of MRSA, a study published Wednesday in Emerging Infectious Diseases, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s monthly peer-reviewed journal.

Rib-X, Sanofi sign research collaboration agreement on antibiotics | Pharma Asia
www.pharmaasia.com | Jul 7, 2011
Rib-X Pharmaceuticals Inc announced the signing of an exclusive worldwide research collaboration agreement and option for license with Sanofi. This for novel classes of antibiotics resulting from Rib-X’s RX-04 program for the treatment of resistant Gram-positive and resistant Gram-negative