In Brief: Pfizer's Zithromax
Executive Summary
Pfizer's Zithromax: New 250 mg tablet formulation of azithromycin approved July 18. The tablet (NDA 50-711) joins the marketed capsule, sachet and suspension formulations of the antibiotic. The tablets will not be available until mid-1997, apparently to allow adequate production of inventories. Unlike azithromycin capsules, which must be taken on an empty stomach, Zithromax tablets can be taken "without regard to food," Pfizer says, suggesting that the company will try to transition capsule use to tablet use due to the more convenient dosing requirements...