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Sirturo (bedaquiline) approved for conditional use in European Union to treat MDR-TB in adults

6 Mar 2014
by Working Group
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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recently approved Sirturo (bedaquiline) for conditional use in the European Union for adults suffering from pulmonary MDR-TB.

The press release from Multimedia News Release can be found at:

http://www.multivu.com/mnr/65014-sirturo-treatment-multi-drug-resistant-tuberculosis

Back in December 2012, the same drug was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. The blog post highlighting that announcement can be found at:

http://dev-wgnd-blog.pantheonsite.io/bedaquiline-receives-accelerated-approval-from-the-fda-for-mdr-tb-rx/

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