Antibiotics in the clinical pipeline in 2013.

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Butler MS, Blaskovich MA, Cooper MA

Antibiotics in the clinical pipeline in 2013.

J Antibiot (Tokyo). 2013 Oct;66(10):571-91. doi: 10.1038/ja.2013.86. Epub 2013 Sep 4.

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The continued emergence of multi-drug-resistant bacteria is a major public health concern. The identification and development of new antibiotics, especially those with new modes of action, is imperative to help treat these infections. This review lists the 22 new antibiotics launched since 2000 and details the two first-in-class antibiotics, fidaxomicin (1) and bedaquiline (2), launched in 2011 and 2012, respectively. The development status, mode of action, spectra of activity, historical discovery and origin of the drug pharmacophore (natural product, natural product derived, synthetic or protein/mammalian peptide) of the 49 compounds and 6 beta-lactamase/beta-lactam combinations in active clinical development are discussed, as well as compounds that have been discontinued from clinical development since 2011. New antibacterial pharmacophore templates are also reviewed and analyzed.

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