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Theravance licenses antibiotic tech to Hospira
24 May 2012, 4:45 pm
(Reuters) - Biopharmaceutical company Theravance Inc said it licensed its technology to manufacture antibiotic Vibativ to specialty medicines maker Hospira Inc. The company would purchase from Hospira more than a majority of its Vibativ 750 mg dosage form requirements during the five-year agreement, Theravance said in a regulatory filing. Vibativ is approved in Europe for the treatment of adults ...
Literatus: Antibiotic-associated diarrhea
22 May 2012, 10:51 am
THE most serious cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD) is Clostridium difficile; rod-shaped bacteria that compete with gut bacteria, or what remain of them, after recently wiped out by broad-spectrum antibiotics. These antibiotics include clindamycin, a drug for respiratory tract infections and skin and soft tissues infection as well.
Loss at Optimer in 1Q
11 May 2012, 8:45 am
Optimer Pharma's first quarter 2012 adjusted net loss of 73 cents per share compared unfavorably to the year ago earnings of $1.04.
And the sick get sicker
6 May 2012, 9:58 pm
The Issue: The increase in fatalities due to C. diff, the deadliest virus contracted in US hospitals. *** As a medical provider, we’ve been trying to shed light on the issue of hospital infections (“A Killer Hospitals Pretend To Fight,” PostOpinion, Besty McCaughey). The instance of
nosocomial infections in hospitals...
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Theravance licenses antibiotic tech to Hospira - msnbc.com
24 May 2012, 4:41 pm
Vibativ is approved in Europe for the treatment of adults with
nosocomial pneumonia and for bacterial skin infections in the United States and Canada. Theravance said in January it was evaluating global commercialization alternatives for Vibativ after ...
Smile! Your Handwashing Is on Candid Camera - Medscape News
21 May 2012, 11:44 am
National
nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) System; Chief, Epidemiology Branch; Acting Director, Hospital Infections Program; Assistant Director for Program Development, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion; Director, Office of ...
Costa Rica Human Milk Bank Donors Reaches 110 - Inside Costa Rica
21 May 2012, 9:07 am
According to Robert Moya, head of the bank, mothers who donate their breast milk, not only help to nurture children, but they help reduce the chances of acquiring a
nosocomial infection while the children are hospitalized. Milk from the donors ...
Aimee Copeland: "She doesn’t have eyebrows" - Examiner
19 May 2012, 2:24 pm
"The trache tube does two things: it makes her more comfortable, mobile, and capable of communication; and it removes the threat of hospital-acquired (
nosocomial) infection, an increasing danger as patients continue on respiratory support." The difference ...
