MerLion's finafloxacin shown to be more effective than ciprofloxacin for cUTI

21 September 2015

Privately-held, Singapore-based MerLion Pharmaceuticals has released detailed data from its Phase II study in patients hospitalized with complicated urinary tract infections (cUTI) and pyelonephritis showing that a five day course of its novel antibacterial, finafloxacin, was more effective than treatment with the current standard of care (ciprofloxacin).

The results were presented at the joint Interscience Conference of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) and International Society of Chemotherapy (ISC) International Congress of Chemotherapy and Infection (ICC), currently taking place in San Diego.

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