Summary

Persistent forms of tuberculosis (TB) have proven to be a major cause of global morbidity and mortality and a cause for significant concern. Research in recent years has been geared toward the development of novel therapies that target persistent forms of this disease, which have shown resistance to standard therapy regimens.[A182915] Pretomanid is an antimycobacterial agent that is administered with [Bedaquiline] and [Linezolid] to treat resistant forms of pulmonary TB. It was the first TB drug developed by a nonprofit organization, known as TB Alliance, and was granted FDA approval on August 14, 2019.[L8048,L8066] Unlike other therapeutic regimens for the treatment of resistant TB, which may take 18 months or longer and may no

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DrugBank: DB05154   TTD: D02AYL  

CAS

187235-37-6

UNII

2XOI31YC4N

Drug Type

small molecule

Drug status

approved