FDA approves new drug for treatment-resistant forms of tuberculosis that affects the lungs

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Pretomanid Tablets in combination with bedaquiline and linezolid for the treatment of a specific type of highly treatment-resistant tuberculosis (TB) of the lungs. "The threat of antimicrobial-resistant infections is a key challenge we face as a public health agency," said FDA Principal Deputy Commissioner Amy Abernethy, M.D., Ph.D.
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