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MultiVu Video Feed: FDA Approves DORIBAX(TM) (Doripenem for Injection) for the Treatment of Complicated Intra-Abdominal and Complicated Urinary Tract Infections

Posted on: Monday, 15 October 2007, 12:00 CDT

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved DORIBAX(TM) (doripenem for injection) as a new treatment for complicated intra-abdominal and complicated urinary tract infections, including pyelonephritis. DORIBAX has demonstrated activity against a wide range of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria - including Pseudomonas -- that cause these serious infections.

According to the CDC, in the U.S., nearly 2 million people acquire bacterial infections in hospitals each year, 90,000 will die as a result. 70% of those infections are caused by pathogens resistant to at least one drug. In 1998, the total annual cost of antimicrobial resistance to U.S. society was at least $5 billion USD. Gram-negative infections quickly are becoming a top concern of doctors in the hospital setting.

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NEWS: New Anti-infective, DORIBAX, effective against a wide range of resistant gram-positive and gram-negative pathogens.

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SOUNDBITES: * Joseph Solomkin, MD, Professor of Surgery and Director of Research, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine * Michael S. Niederman, MD, Chairman, Department of Medicine, Winthrop University Hospital B-ROLL INCLUDES: * Pathogen Images * Patient and Hospital Footage * Product and Manufacturing Footage VIDEO PROVIDED BY: Ortho-McNeil, Inc.

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