| Literature DB >> 18246523 |
Daniel Parish1, Noah Scheinfeld.
Abstract
Forest Laboratories (following its acquisition of Cerexa Inc, a spin-out from Peninsula Pharmaceuticals Inc), under license from Takeda, is developing ceftaroline fosamil, an N-phosphono prodrug of ceftaroline, a derivative of a fourth-generation cephalosporin, for the potential treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection. Phase III clinical trials evaluating ceftaroline fosamil for community acquired pneumonia and complicated skin and skin structure infections are underway.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18246523
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Opin Investig Drugs ISSN: 1472-4472