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New Data Show Ceftobiprole as Effective as Combination Therapy in Treating Patients with Diabetic Foot Infections

Published in Physician Law Weekly, October 24th, 2007

Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C. announced results from a Phase III trial that showed that investigational antibiotic ceftobiprole was found to clinically cure 86% of patients with diabetic foot infections -- including some infections that were caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).

These data were presented at the 45th annual meeting of the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) in San Diego, California. Ceftobiprole is licensed from, and is being co-developed with, Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd.

Staphylococcus aureus is the predominant Gram-positive+ bacteria associated with many infections,...

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