The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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ISSUE 1581
ISSUE 1581
September 23, 2019
Issue 1581
- Lefamulin (Xenleta) for Community-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia
- Glucagon Nasal Powder (Baqsimi) for Severe Hypoglycemia
- Duaklir Pressair: Another LAMA/LABA Inhaler for COPD
- Qmiiz ODT - An Orally Disintegrating Meloxicam Tablet
- In Brief: Ezallor Sprinkle - A New Formulation of Rosuvastatin
- Expanded Table: Statins (online only)
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Lefamulin (Xenleta) for Community-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia
September 23, 2019 (Issue: 1581)
Lefamulin (Xenleta – Nabriva), a semisynthetic
pleuromutilin antibiotic, has been approved by the
FDA for IV and oral treatment of community-acquired
bacterial pneumonia (CABP) in adults. It is the first
systemic pleuromutilin antibiotic to be...more
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