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WHO releases new target product profiles for urgently needed antibiotics
The WHO published today three new Target Product Profiles (TPPs) for antibacterial agents designed to address key drug-resistant bacteria causing severe bloodstream and urinary tract infections, pneumonia and meningitis in at-risk populations worldwide.
The new TPPs focus on developing new antibiotics for severe multidrug-resistant Gram-negative infections, antibiotic-resistant Gram-positive infections in immunosuppressed and critically ill patients, and community-acquired and health care-associated bacterial meningitis.
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