FDA Advisors Give Entasis Antibiotic Unanimous Thumbs Up, But Call For Strong Postmarket Surveillance

High unmet need and a potentially more favorable safety profile than current options got sulbactam-durlobactam a favorable advisory panel.

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FDA’s Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee voted 12-0 for Entasis’ antibiotic 17 April. • Source: Shutterstock

High unmet need for a deadly infection helped secure Entasis Therapeutics Holdings Inc.’s antibiotic an easy approval recommendation from US Food and Drug Administration advisors despite a single, small Phase III study and several concerns the panel wants FDA and the company to address post-market.

The Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee voted 12-0 on 17 April that the overall benefit-risk assessment is favorable for the use...

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