Wockhardt Puts Up Superbug Fight With Punchy Broad Spectrum Antibiotic

Wockhardt has received approvals in India for two novel broad spectrum antibiotics with "advantageous" safety features over older MRSA drugs and the firm hopes to take them to other emerging markets as well, with China on the radar.

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Amid financial turbulence and rumors of an imminent sale of assets to pare its debt pile, India's Wockhardt Ltd. gave its investors something to cheer about in the new year.

The Mumbai-based firm has received regulatory approval in India for two indigenously developed novel antibiotics, essentially broad spectrum anti-MRSA drugs, which it claims provide a far better safety profile than existing therapies

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