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The herpes simplex virus-1, which causes most cases of ocular herpes. Bernard Heymann, Ph.D., NIAMS Laboratory of Structural Biology Research

Ocular herpes simplex 1 infection: Molecule may be useful for developing antivirals

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Herpes of the eye, or ocular herpes, is a recurring viral infection that’s usually caused by the herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1). This is the same virus that causes cold sores. Ocular herpes can also...

FDA issues warning concerning prescribing Biaxin to patients with heart disease

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is advising caution before prescribing the antibiotic clarithromycin (Biaxin) to patients with heart disease because of a potential increased risk of heart problems...

Salmonella serotype Typhi

Drug-resistance typhoid: Genetic cause found

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The genetic cause behind a strain of typhoid’s resistance to five classes of antibiotics has been uncovered by scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and their collaborators at Public Health...

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Cryptosporidium: Novartis and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation form alliance to develop drug candidate

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Novartis and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have formed an alliance to advance development of Novartis’ drug candidate KDU731 for the treatment of cryptosporidiosis. Diarrheal diseases are...

ISGlobal researcher Oriol Mitjà meets with a community in Papua New Guinea affected by yaws, a tropical skin disease Image/David Fontseca

Yaws: The first report of the emergence of azithromycin-resistant Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue

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The Lancet has published a new study led by Oriol Mitjà, first author and researcher at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a centre supported by the “la Caixa” Foundation,...

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Antimicrobial resistance: Multinational companies continued to manufacture many unapproved formulations in India

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Millions of unapproved antibiotics are being sold in India, according to a new study by researchers at Queen Mary University of London and Newcastle University. The research, published today in the British...

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FDA approves Firvanq for treatment of C. difficile associated diarrhea

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Wilmington, MA pharmaceutical company,  CutisPharma announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved FIRVANQ™ (vancomycin hydrochloride) for oral solution, for the treatment...

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MRSA: Antibiotic, Baxdela launched in the US

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Melinta Therapeutics, Inc. , a commercial-stage company developing and commercializing novel antibiotics to treat serious bacterial infections, today announced the U.S. launch of intravenous and oral formulations...

Onychomycosis due to Trichophyton rubrum, right and left great toe. Tinea unguium. Image/CDC

Oral antifungal drug, NAILIN, receives approval for treatment of onychomycosis in Japan

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Sato Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. obtained marketing and manufacturing approval for the oral antifungal agent NAILIN Capsules 100mg containing the active ingredient fosravuconazole L-lysine ethanolate (fosravuconazole)...

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Breast cancer drug, Lynparza, receives FDA approval

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Friday expanded the approved use of Lynparza (olaparib tablets) to include the treatment of patients with certain types of breast cancer that have spread (metastasized)...