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Cempra, Inc. Receives U.S. Orphan Drug Designation For Taksta For Treatment Of Prosthetic Joint Infections
2013-10-30 05:42:32| drugdiscoveryonline News Articles
Cempra, Inc. (Nasdaq:CEMP), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on developing antibiotics to meet critical medical needs in the treatment of bacterial infectious diseases, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to its drug candidate Taksta™ (CEM-102) for the treatment of prosthetic joint infections (PJI)
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Non-antibiotic Treatments Show Promise Against E. Coli Infections
2013-10-28 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - The challenge of post-weaning diarrhea in piglets is a significant economic issue for hog producers, particularly when Escherichia coli (E. coli) is involved, writes Glenn Kuhn, Swine Technical Manager at Genesus Inc.
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Pills made from poop cure serious gut infections
2013-10-08 07:30:37| Chemicals - Topix.net
With the prospect of gaining federal operating funds during the partial government shutdown growing dimmer daily and planning time growing short, the CenturyLink, Inc. has announced it will install 500 kilowatts of Bloom Energy power at one of its California data centers.
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Hospitals Blamed for Most Antibiotic-Resistant Infections Not Agriculture
2013-09-18 16:55:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: CBS News Overprescribing antibiotics to Americans is fueling the rapid growth of antibiotic-resistant infections in the United States, according to a report released Monday by the Centers for Disease Control (www.cdc.gov.) from CBS News. More than two million people in the United States get drug-resistant infections annually. About 23,000 die from these diseases that are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics in doctors' arsenals. read more
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Exposure to Pigs and Manure Associated with MRSA Infections
2013-09-18 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have for the first time found an association between living in proximity to high-density livestock production and community-acquired infections with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, commonly known as MRSA.
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