Anyone still tracking this one?
WCK 5222 is a combination of Zidebactam and Cefepime. This superdrug introduces an entire new class of antibiotic treatment. Earlier US FDA has granted a breakthrough fast track clinical trial and approval process (QIDP status) for this superdrug. This drug meets the urgent threat of Carbopenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae and serious threats like Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter, Extended spectrum β-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBLs), Drug-resistant Salmonella typhi and Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This is the categorisation based on which US FDA has given this special QIDP status. Wockhardt has taken this antibiotic for a worldwide clinical development. This drug in scientific community is well documented by a large number of oral and scientific poster presentation at ASM Microbe at Boston and ECCMID at Amsterdam and ID week at New Orleans.
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