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Permethrin Cream Shows Superior Efficacy Over Oral Ivermectin in Patients With Classic Scabies

A randomised trial shows that 5% permethrin cream is more effective than oral ivermectin for the treatment of classic scabies ...

At-home STD tests offer new options for screening and treatment

Last year, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first at-home test that can detect three common infections in women ...
Science News

Two more antibiotics have been approved in the U.S. to treat gonorrhea

The pathogen that causes the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea is notorious for its ability to develop drug resistance. But now there are two more treatment options. In December, the U.S. Food ...
MedPage Today

FDA Approves New Type of Antibiotic for Gonorrhea, First in Decades

The FDA approved gepotidacin (Blujepa), an oral option for the treatment of uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhea among patients ages 12 years and older, GSK announced on Thursday. "The ability of N.
WebMD

FDA Approves Nuzolvence: A First-in-Class, Single-Dose Oral Antibiotic for Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea

What Is Nuzolvence, and Why Does It Matter? Nuzolvence (zoliflodacin) is a new oral antibiotic approved by the FDA to treat uncomplicated gonorrhea of the urinary and genital tract. It is meant for ...
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U.S. FDA Approves NUZOLVENCE® (zoliflodacin), a First-in-Class, Single-dose, Oral Antibiotic for the Treatment of Uncomplicated Urogenital Gonorrhea in Adults and Adolescents

FDA approval was based on results from the largest Phase 3 clinical trial ever conducted for a new treatment against Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection in regions with a high prevalence of gonorrhea ...
WLKY

FDA approves first new antibiotics to treat gonorrhea in decades, with hope to combat drug resistance

For the first time in decades, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has signed off on new antibiotics to fight gonorrhea. The approvals come at a critical moment: The sexually transmitted infection ...
FiercePharma

FDA endorses 2nd new gonorrhea treatment, clearing way for Innoviva's Nuzolvence

After a three-decade drought of new antibiotics to treat gonorrhea, the FDA has signed off on two first-in-class oral treatments for the sexually transmitted infection (STI), which affects more than ...
cbs12.com

FDA approves first oral treatments for gonorrhea in decades

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — For the first time in nearly 40 years, patients with uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhea have new oral treatment options. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced ...
FiercePharma

GSK gains FDA expansion for Blujepa to treat gonorrhea

With an increase in the antimicrobial resistance to therapies for gonorrhea, doctors have been left with fewer options to treat the sexually transmitted infection (STI), which strikes more an 80 ...
Healio

FDA approves first new gonorrhea treatments in decades

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Gonorrhea has become increasingly resistant to existing antibiotics. Two newly approved drugs, gepotidacin and ...