UK approves first new antibiotic in over 20 years that kills superbugs causing UTIs

UK approves first new antibiotic in over 20 years that kills superbugs causing UTIs The first new antibiotic in more than 20 years that is capable of treating agonising bladder infections is set to be approved in the UK after a groundbreaking study revealed it was highly effective.

The drug, called gepotidacin, outperformed one of the antibiotics currently used to treat NHS patients suffering from the infections, curing more than half the participants who took it. The Daily Mail

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• Gepotidacin’s positive phase III data shows potential to be the first in a new class of oral antibiotics for uncomplicated urinary tract infections in over 20 years GSK