Moxifloxacin Bayer.

Bayer has launched the fluorinated oxoquinolone, moxifloxacin, as a treatment for bacterial infection. It was launched in Germany for the treatment of respiratory tract infections in September 1999, and regulatory approval in the other EU member states was expected to be completed early in 2000, with marketing throughout the EU by the end of 2000 [336340,340358]. Moxifloxacin received FDA approval in December 1999 and it was launched in the same month [350407,350415,365913]. By July 2000, the drug had been launched in Japan [375976]. In February 1999, Lehman Brothers predicted 95% probabilities that moxifloxacin would reach the US and ex-US markets, and launch onto these market in 1999. Peak annual sales of US $500 million in 2005 (US) and US $800 million in 2007 (ex-US) are predicted [319225].