PHA-Exchange> ] New Anti TB drug (2)

[Claudio]

From: "Beverley Snell" <bev at burnet.edu.au>


> New Anti TB drug (2)
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> 
 from e-drug:
> 
> New TB Therapy May Halve Treatment Time
> 
> Dear E-druggers,
> 
> Why another (patented) quinolone for tuberculosis treatment when
> ofloxacin is already on the WHO list for the same indication?
> Are there any comparative trials? Published? Where? And has
> ofloxacin - which has a number of disturbing CNS side effects -
> ever been critically compared with older off-patent quinolones?
> What about development of resistance? It is alright if hard data
> are available, otherwise it is just another gimmick to push the
> N-th me-too drug. Patients are not helped with empty promises.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Leo Offerhaus
> Netherlands
> mailto:offerhausl at euronet.nl