The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that it approved Innoviva’s
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Xacduro pneumonia treatment, which fights the Acinetobacter bacteria. The federal regulator said Xacduro, which treats ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia and hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia, is hard to treat and poses a great threat to human health.
The FDA granted approval of Xacduro, administered by intravenous infusion, to Entasis Therapeutics, acquired by the pharma company Innoviva last year.
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