Another Antibiotic Success Story as Tetraphase's Eravacycline Meets Goal

Three antibiotics in just over a week have impressed in Phase III trials, with Tetraphase, The Medicines Company and Paratek all confident of being on the market in the next year

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Fired up: The IGNITE4 study is pushing Tetraphase antibiotic closer to approval • Source: Shutterstock

The clinical success of antibiotics this summer is continuing apace with Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals Inc. the latest firm in the field to present positive late-stage results.

Shares in the company leapt over 20% in after-market trading after the US company announced top-line results from IGNITE4, its Phase III trial evaluating Tetraphase's antibiotic - eravacycline - compared to meropenem for patients with complicated intra-abdominal infections (cIAI)

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