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- Title
New Drugs for Tuberculosis.
- Authors
Schraufnagel, Dean E.
- Abstract
The article discusses the development of new drugs for the treatment of tuberculosis. Rifapentine has high potency, long duration of activity, able to kill latent as well as active bacilli, and low toxicity, which suggest that it will have expanded use in the future. The development of drugs from plants or natural products is considered less efficient than screening large data banks of compounds. Large pharmaceutical companies might have many good candidate drugs.
- Subjects
TUBERCULOSIS treatment; TUBERCULOSIS patients; MYCOBACTERIAL diseases; DRUG development; NATURAL products
- Publication
Tanaffos, 2013, Vol 12, Issue 3, p9
- ISSN
1735-0344
- Publication type
Article