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Basilea Pharmaceutica Enters Into a Licensing Deal with Venatorx Pharmaceuticals

Shots: Basilea Pharmaceutica entered into an exclusive license deal with Venatorx Pharmaceuticals to acquire global rights to ceftibuten-ledaborbactam etzadroxil, a P-III oral beta-lactam/beta-lactamase inhibitor (BL/BLI) combination for complicated urinary tract infections (cUTI), incl. pyelonephritis Under the agreement, Venatorx will receive an upfront payment along with potential milestone payments in 2025 and will also be eligible…
August 14, 2025

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Nathan McCutcheon shares highlights of Qpex Biopharma’s acquisition by Shionogi

Shots:  Nathan McCutcheon, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Shionogi, shares the highlights of the recent acquisition of Qpex Biopharma by Shionogi   Nathan believes that Qpex’s specialized expertise and extensive experience in chemistry and molecular design are sure to strengthen and be useful for the combined antibiotic pipeline   The acquisition provides Shionogi exclusive development, manufacturing,…
October 16, 2023

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Over Prescribed Medications and its Impact

Introduction: 'Over-prescription' is defined as the action of prescribing a drug or treatment in greater amount or on more occasions than necessary. Overprescribing, in general in health care, has been a subject of frequent study. For instance, research published in 2018 found that 46% of a half-million outpatient antibiotic prescriptions were written by clinicians without diagnoses of…
August 26, 2021

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COVID-19 Treatment in India and Abroad

In late 2019, a mysterious virus causing infection consisting of dry cough, fever tiredness, and last pneumonia first appeared in Wuhan, China. The world health organization (WHO) named the disease as Coronavirus 2019 (Covid-19). Interestingly, Covid-19 and flu (caused by influenza virus) share the common disease progression asymptomatic (no symptoms), mild symptoms fever or chills,…
September 15, 2020

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