Paratek's Omadacycline May Face Mortality Questions With Proposed Pneumonia Indication
Executive Summary
US FDA advisory committee will consider "noteworthy" imbalance in deaths in Paratek's trial in community-acquired bacterial pneumonia; agency could not determine cause, briefing documents note.
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