Antibiotics With Bacteria-Specific, Rather Than Site-Specific, Indication Headed To US FDA
Executive Summary
Entasis is seeking a pathogen-specific approval for its antibiotic/beta lactamase inhibitor candidate rather than an indication specific the site of an infection. Achaogen’s earlier failure to do the same may have helped set a path.
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