FDA approves antibacterial drug for UTIs

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved Rempex Pharmaceuticals’ antibacterial drug Vabomere.

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Here are three things to know.

  1. The drug is approved to treat adults with complicated urinary tract infections, including a type of kidney infection called pyelonephritis.
  1. Vabomere is an intravenous combination drug made up of meropenem — an antibiotic — and vaborbactam, which inhibits certain resistance mechanisms used by bacteria.
  1. Rempex Pharmaceuticals’ expects Vabomere to hit the market in the fourth quarter of this year.

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