Drug Profile
Telavancin
Alternative Names: Arbelic; TD-6424; Telavancin hydrochloride; VibativLatest Information Update: 24 Mar 2018
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At a glance
- Originator Theravance
- Developer Clinigen; Innoviva; PENDOPHARM; Theravance Biopharma; University of Illinois at Chicago
- Class Aminoglycosides; Glycopeptides; Peptide antibiotics
- Mechanism of Action Cell membrane permeability enhancers; Cell wall inhibitors
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Orphan Drug Status
Orphan designation is assigned by a regulatory body to encourage companies to develop drugs for rare diseases.
- New Molecular Entity Yes
- Available For Licensing Yes - Skin and soft tissue infections
Highest Development Phases
- Marketed Nosocomial pneumonia; Skin and soft tissue infections
- Registered Bacteraemia
- Phase III Osteomyelitis
- Phase I Bacterial infections
- No development reported Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections
Most Recent Events
- 31 Dec 2017 Theravance Biopharma terminates a phase III trial in Bacteraemia in USA before December 2017 (NCT02208063)
- 05 Jun 2017 Antimicrobial data from preclinical studies in Bacterial infections presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM-2017)
- 20 Apr 2017 Telavancin is available for licensing in (excluding USA) as of 19 Apr 2017. www.theravance.com