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'Essential' drug finally hits TGA
Posted 16 October 2025 AM
Two new drugs are on their way to Australia, along with new indications for two more, including one on the World Health Organisation's (WHO) list of essential medicines.
Viatris has received two orphan drug designations for pretomanid, a tuberculosis treatment that is marketed overseas under the brand name Dovprela. One indication is in combination with bedaquiline, linezolid, and moxifloxacin for the treatment of adults with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistant to rifampicin, with or without resistance to isoniazid, while the second leaves out moxifloxacin to treat disease that is also resistant to fluoroequinolones such as moxifloxacin.
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Posted 16 October 2025 AM
Two new drugs are on their way to Australia, along with new indications for two more, including one on the World Health Organisation's (WHO) list of essential medicines.
Viatris has received two orphan drug designations for pretomanid, a tuberculosis treatment that is marketed overseas under the brand name Dovprela. One indication is in combination with bedaquiline, linezolid, and moxifloxacin for the treatment of adults with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistant to rifampicin, with or without resistance to isoniazid, while the second leaves out moxifloxacin to treat disease that is also resistant to fluoroequinolones such as moxifloxacin.
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