The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new type of antibiotic to treat urinary tract infections. The pill, gepotidacin, will be sold under the brand name Blujepa and is expected to be ...

The FDA has approved Blujepa (gepotidacin) for the treatment of female patients 12 years of age and older weighing at least 40kg with uncomplicated UTI.

A new class of antibiotic has been found to be safe and effective in treating gonorrhea in late-stage trials, according to a ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved GSK’s Blujepa (gepotidacin), a groundbreaking oral antibiotic for treating uncomplicated urinary tract infections (uUTIs) in adult women and ...

On March 25, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first new antibiotic to treat UTIs in 30 years. The medication, gepotidacin, targets E. coli bacteria, which is responsible for ...

The approval of gepotidacin (Blujepa; GSK) introduces the first new class of oral antibiotics for uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTIs) in nearly 30 years. More than half of all women ...

Health experts have worried for some time what might happen if a new form of gonorrhea develops that doesn’t respond to our ...

Blujepa, the first new oral UTI antibiotic in 30 years, offers hope against antibiotic-resistant infections, improving treatment options for millions of women.

The appendix is thought to play a role in all of this by producing inflammatory proteins that trigger the body to produce ...

From Crohn disease to uncomplicated urinary tract infections and beyond, the FDA issued several high-impact drug approvals last month.

Gepotidacin is an oral ... and vulvovaginal candidiasis. “The approval of Blujepa is a crucial milestone with uUTIs among the most common infections in women,” said Tony Wood, Chief Scientific ...