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Novel Antibiotic Cefiderocol Meets Primary Endpoint in Global PIII: Shionogi
Shionogi said on October 3 that its siderophore cephalosporin antibiotic cefiderocol met the primary endpoint of non-inferiority to high-dose meropenem, a carbapenem antibiotic, in an international PIII trial in patients with nosocomial pneumonia. In the APEKS-NP study, which included patients…
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