Antimicrobials

Generic drugs account for 78 to 95% of drug products on the Russian pharmaceutical market and represent a common way of decreasing treatment cost. The main problem of generic drugs is a pharmaceutical quality and comparability between generic and …

Daptomycin is the first approved member of a cyclic lipopeptides class of antibiotics with anti-Gram(+) activity. In contrast to majority of other antimicrobials daptomycin has rapid bactericidal activity against not only rapidly growing, but also …

Collateral damage concept describes an adverse ecological effect associated with the use of antimicrobial agents. The main point is a selection of multidrug-resistant strains and subsequent colonization and infections caused by those microorganisms. …

Ciprofloxacin is the most known member of second generation quinolones, which is more active against gram-negative microorganisms and has broad antimicrobial spectrum compared to first generation quinolones. This article presents the main indications …

Beta-lactams remain one of the most commonly used antimicrobial classes in the treatment of community-acquired respiratory tract infections worldwide. Among them, cephalosporins take one of the main places because of their broad spectrum of activity …

The emergence and spread of resistance to multiple classes of antimicrobials is a growing threat, especially in microorganisms causing severe nosocomial infections in hospital settings. Tigecycline, the first in a new class of antimicrobials …

This study was performed to evaluate a potential of ribavirin for inhibiting Batai virus replication in vitro. Ribavirin manufactured by ICN Switzerland AG (Switzerland) was used for the study. The drug and specific immune ascitic fluid were added to …

This paper reviews general issues of the use of antimicrobial agents in pregnant women. Currently available data on safety of macrolides during pregnancy and lactation are considered with the focus on several indications for their therapeutic and …

Introduction. In the conditions of dramatic rising of antibacterial resistance of gram-negative nosocomial pathogens, carbapenems plays a leading part as empiric antibacterial therapy, particularly in severe infections. Carbapenems on Russian pharmaceutical market presented by the original products and the number of generics from the India and other countries. Objective. The aim of the study was to compare the quality of original meropenem product and one of the generics. Materials and Methods.

This paper reviews some issues concerning comparison of pharmaceutical quality and bioequivalence between original drug products and their generics. A need for periodic routine monitoring of the currently marketed drug products and more stringent …