pneumonia
Funding to advance antimicrobial therapy for drug-resistant pneumonia
July 1, 2026Telum Therapeutics, pneumonia
Telum Therapeutics has raised €18m in Series A financing to advance its lead antimicrobial programme into phase 1 clinical development …
FDA approves Merck’s Capvaxive for prevention of pneumococcal disease
June 18, 2024Medical Communications Capvaxive, FDA, Infections and infestations, Merck, pneumonia
Merck, known as MSD outside of the US and Canada, has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) …
FDA approves Innoviva’s Xacduro for intravenous use
May 24, 2023Medical Communications FDA, Infections and infestations, Innoviva, pneumonia
Innoviva Specialty Therapeutics, a subsidiary of Innoviva, has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Xacduro …
China’s viral pneumonia spreads to Japan
January 17, 2020Medical Communications China, Japan, Sars, Viral pneumonia, Wuhan, epidemic, pandemic, pneumonia
A recent strain of viral pneumonia has spread from China to Japan, prompting fears of a global pandemic. A man …
Chinese coronavirus found in Thailand
January 14, 2020Manufacturing and Production China, WHO, World Health Organisation, Wuhan, pneumonia, thailand
The recent viral pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan China has spread to Thailand.The patient is a 61 year old woman who …
WHO says Chinese pneumonia outbreak may be a new virus
January 9, 2020Business Services Bird Flu, Hong Kong, Singapore, WHO, chinese, pneumonia
The recent pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan could potentially be a new virus, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). The …
Mysterious viral pneumonia infects dozens in central China, bird flu and SARS ruled out
January 6, 2020Sales and Marketing Bird Flu, China, Sars, WHO, World Health Organisation, Wuhan, pneumonia
A total of 59 cases of viral pneumonia have been reported in the city of Wuhan, with seven people in …
China approves 13-valent pneumonia vaccine
January 2, 2020Business Services Chinese Pharma, Pneumonia China, pneumonia, pneumonia vaccine
China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has approved the launch of the country’s first self-developed 13-valent pneumonia vaccine to protect …
FDA greenlights Nebriva’s Xenleta for community-acquired bacterial pneumonia
August 20, 2019Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing FDA, Nabriva, US, Xenleta, pharma, pneumonia
The FDA has awarded approval in the US to Nebriva Therapeutics’ Xenleta (lefamulin) for the treatment of adult patients with …
Antiepileptics increase the risk of pneumonia in people with Alzheimer’s disease
March 21, 2019Research and Development Alzheimer's, R&D, adverse events, antiepileptic drugs, epilepsy, pneumonia
Antiepileptic drugs increase the risk of pneumonia in people living with Alzheimer’s disease, according to research from the University of …
Allergan’s Avycaz becomes first FDA-approved gram-negative antibiotic in over 15 years
February 2, 2018Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Allergan, Avycaz, FDA, pharma, pneumonia
Allergan has announced that the FDA has awarded approval to its fixed-dose combination antibacterial Avycaaz (ceftazidme and avibactam) for the …
Antibiotics found to fail in quarter of pneumonia patients
May 24, 2017Research and Development Antibiotics, antibiotic resistance, pneumonia
A new study that emerged from the 2017 American Thoracic Society International Conference revealed that 22.1% of patients who were …
Asthma drugs may have alternative function as pneumonia treatment
March 1, 2017Research and Development asthma, influenza, pneumonia
Researchers from the University of Virginia School of Medicine have discovered that two drugs commonly used to treat asthma, Accolate …
In-depth: MSF takes on Pfizer, GSK
May 3, 2016Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Doctors Without Borders, GSK, Pfizer, analysis, medicins sans frontieres, patents, pneumonia
Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) recently stepped up their campaign to make the pneumonia vaccine more available in developing countries. Appearing …
MSF launches global action against GSK and Pfizer over pneumonia vaccine price
November 12, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Doctors Without Borders, GSK, MSF, Médecins Sans Frontières, Pfizer, Synflorix, pneumococcal vaccine, pneumonia, prevenar 13, vaccines
International medical aid charity Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is taking action against GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer, calling on the …
