Antibiotic Legislation Offers Big GAIN For Small Firm: Rib-X Extends Delafloxacin Exclusivity

Rib-X is among the first to take advantage of the Generating Antibiotic Incentives Now provisions of the FDA reauthorization legislation with five years’ extra exclusivity for its lead broad spectrum antibiotic candidate, a next-generation fluoroquinolone. Designation for the program came swiftly, company says.