Recent news on Ciprofloxacin

Targanta Study Shows Oritavancin Treatment Effective In A Mouse ...  -  25 May 2007
Medical News Today (press release),The control group received either saline or 30 mg/kg of ciprofloxacin (CIP) intraperitoneally (within the abdominal cavity) every 12 hours for 14 days.

China Presses Us On Food Regulations  -  25 May 2007
Guardian Unlimited,Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana recently banned catfish from China after tests found traces of ciprofloxacin and enrofloxacin,

China Presses US on Food Regulations  -  25 May 2007
Washington Post,Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana recently banned catfish from China after tests found traces of ciprofloxacin and enrofloxacin,

In New Study, Duloxetine Was Equally Effective, Regardless of ...  -  25 May 2007
PipelineReview.com (press release),...in hepatic impairment, who are taking a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI), fluvoxamine, ciprofloxacin or enoxacine or who have severe kidney disease.

Five Days of LEVAQUIN® (levofloxacin) as Effective as 10 Days of ...  -  May 22, 2007
WebWire (press release),..."A short course of five, once-daily doses of LEVAQUIN® 750 mg is as effective as 10 twice-daily doses of ciprofloxacin in treating complicated urinary tract

5 Days Of Levaquin As Effective As 10 Days Of Ciprofloxacin In ...  -  May 21, 2007
eMaxHealth.com,750 mg tablets administered once-daily for five days is as effective as standard therapy of ciprofloxacin (400/500 mg) for 10 days for the treatment of

Tests Find No Traces Of Antibiotics In Catfish  -  May 23, 2007
Fort Smith Times Record,Phillips said US health officials have been working for some time to keep antibiotics, such as ciprofloxacin and enrofloxacin, out of the food supply to

Correction: China-Pet Food Recall Story  -  May 21, 2007
Los Angeles Times,Some southern US states recently banned imports of catfish from China after tests detected ciprofloxacin and enrofloxacin.

Correction: Catfish Ban and Chinese Catfish Ban stories  -  May 21, 2007
WMC-TV,SHANGHAI, China (AP) - In May 13 and 17 stories, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the antibiotics ciprofloxacin and enrofloxacin are banned in

Correction: China-Pet Food Recall story  -  May 21, 2007
Miami Herald,In May 9 and May 10 stories about China's food safety policies, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the antibiotics ciprofloxacin and

Correction: China-Pet Food Recall story  -  May 21, 2007
Dunton Springs Evening Post,Some southern US states recently banned imports of catfish from China after tests detected ciprofloxacin and enrofloxacin.

POLICE REPORT: Man arrested for possession of Ciprofloxacin  -  Apr 26, 2007
Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel,During a disturbance, a man was found to be in possession of Ciprofloxacin, and was arrested. Theft, FM 225, Douglass. A woman reported that she believed

Advanced Life Sciences Stockpiling Anthrax Antibiotic  -  May 10, 2007
MidwestBusiness.com,The first group was given Cethromycin orally, the second Ciprofloxacin orally and the third placebo group received water injections.

Advanced Life Makes Progress  -  May 7, 2007
Motley FoolCethromycin is an experimental antibiotic shown to be more effective in a primate study after anthrax exposure compared to ciprofloxacin, which is the

Official: Tainted Chinese Catfish OK To Eat  -  May 13, 2007
WDSU,Earlier this month tests by officials found ciprofloxacin and enrofloxacin, members of the fluoroquinolones family of antibiotics, which are banned for use

Aradigm halves Q1 loss despite lower revenue  -  May 11, 2007
Bizjournals.com,...as well as towards putting our cystic fibrosis product candidate, liposomal ciprofloxacin, into the clinic within the next months."

China vows crackdown on food and drug safety  -  May 10, 2007
Salt Lake Tribune,Already this year, Mississippi and Alabama have banned catfish from China after tests found ciprofloxacin and enrofloxacin, antibiotics banned for use in

China vows to toughen checks on drugs and food products  -  May 10, 2007
Los Angeles Times,Mississippi and Alabama have banned catfish from China after tests found ciprofloxacin and enrofloxacin, antibiotics banned for use in the US

Advanced Life Sciences advances  -  May 3, 2007
Chicago Sun-Times,90 percent protection provided by ciprofloxacin, the current standard of care, the company said. Cethromycin, which would be Advanced Life Sciences' first

Arkansas wants imported fish tested for banned antibiotics  -  May 3, 2007
WMC-TV,Officials in that state said tests found ciprofloxacin and enrofloxacin, members of the fluoroquinolones family of antibiotics, which are banned for use in

Advanced Life Sciences (ADLS) Said Cethromycin Effective Against ...  -  May 2, 2007
StreetInsider.com (subscription),100% protective against a lethal dose of inhaled anthrax as compared to the standard of care, Cipro® (ciprofloxacin), which demonstrated 90% protection.

International market boosts Dr Reddy's revenue  -  May 23, 2007
In-PharmaTechnologist.com,Meanwhile, Dr Reddy's already makes generics of Bayer's Cipro (ciprofloxacin) and Merck's Zocar (simvastatin) and is likely to go after Pfizer's Norvasc

State to begin testing imported seafood  -  May 23, 2007
Outer Banks Sentinel,Fluoroquinolones, such as ciprofloxacin, are used to treat severe, life-threatening infections in humans. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Concerns over foreign catfish's safety has diners looking for ...  -  May 18, 2007
The Commercial Dispatch,But since the recent news of ciprofloxacin and enrofloxacin, members of the fluoroquinolones family of antibiotics, which are banned for use in the United

Depomed to Present at the Bank of America 2007 Healthcare Conference  -  May 22, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),ProQuin(R) XR (ciprofloxacin hydrochloride) extended release tablets are approved in the United States for the once-daily treatment of uncomplicated urinary

Sanofi Pasteur Launches www.travel-vaccines.com  -  May 22, 2007
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse),However, strains resistant to chloramphenicol and other recommended antibiotics (ampicillin, cotrimoxazole and even ciprofloxacin) have become prevalent in

Nacogdoches Police Report - 04/26/07  -  26 Apr 2007
KTRE,Suspect was contacted at a disturbance and found to be in possession of ciprofloxacin. David Church was arrested. THEFT: 2600 Block of Douglass Road.

Indoco Remedies posts impressive sales growth in Q3 FY07  -  26 Apr 2007
Moneycontrol.com,Indoco Remedies made its first shipment of Ciprofloxacin eye drops to the USA, formulation facilities at Goa were inspected by Regulatory Authorities of

First-Time Generic Approvals: Corzide, Cipro XR, Cortef  -  Apr 20, 2007
Medscape (subscription)Ciprofloxacin is a fluoroquinolone antibiotic; the extended-release tablets are indicated for the treatment of acute cystitis, complicated urinary tract

Once Daily Levofloxacin for 5 Days in the Treatment of Acute ...  -  Apr 2, 2007
DG NewsMUNICH, GERMANY -- April 2, 2007 -- Five doses of levofloxacin are non-inferior to 20 doses of ciprofloxacin for the eradication of blood pathogens in

Warning as sex-related disease cases rise sharply  -  Apr 12, 2007
New Zealand Herald,The study group's incidence rate of ciprofloxacin-resistant gonorrhoea (33 per cent) was higher than overall lab results for Auckland (19 per cent),

Increasing Resistance to Quinolones and Expanded-Spectrum ...  -  Apr 10, 2007
DG NewsSimilarly, across the Peruvian and Bolivian sites (respectively), the 2002 resistances to nalidixic acid (about 25%-45%) and ciprofloxacin (about 10%-25%)

Drug combinations may be better than sum of their parts  -  Apr 9, 2007
Boston Globe,In a study using the common bacteria E. coli, researchers found that a combination of the two antibiotics doxycycline and ciprofloxacin completely halted

CDC: Fluoroquinolones No Longer Recommended for Treatment of Gonorrhea  -  Apr 12, 2007
Food Consumer,Since 1993, fluoroquinolones (ie, ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, or levofloxacin) have been used frequently in the treatment of gonorrhea because of their high

Depomed to Announce First Quarter 2007 Financial Results on ...  -  Apr 25, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),ProQuin(R) XR (ciprofloxacin hydrochloride) extended release tablets are approved in the United States for the once-daily treatment of uncomplicated urinary

Giving Bacteria A One-Two Punch  -  Apr 8, 2007
Chemical & Engineering NewsIn contrast, the doxycycline-ciprofloxacin combination selects against the doxycycline-resistant bacteria at some concentrations.

Weakness is strength  -  Apr 4, 2007
Economist,However, when the researchers grew each strain in cultures containing both doxycycline and a second antibiotic, ciprofloxacin, they found the opposite

Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea Spreading In US  -  Apr 13, 2007
Post ChronicleDoctors are being told to stop treating gonorrhea with ciprofloxacin and other antibiotics in its class, known as fluoroquinolones, and go back to using

Drug-resistant gonorrhea spreading  -  Apr 13, 2007
San Jose Mercury News,In response, the CDC advised doctors treating gonorrhea to immediately stop using ciprofloxacin, marketed as Cipro, and other antibiotics in its class,

Weaker drugs may control superbugs  -  Apr 4, 2007
Channel 4 News,Working in the laboratory, they used a mixture of the antibiotics doxycycline and ciprofloxacin. On its own, doxycycline encourages the growth of a

Kenya: Watch What You Eat! Infection Could Be Fatal in Three Hours ...  -  Apr 11, 2007
AllAfrica.com,Other antibiotics that have been used include ciprofloxacin and azithromycin. Without treatment, the death rate is as high as 50 per cent.

In case of emergency . . .  -  Mar 29, 2007
Indianapolis Star,Volunteers pretended to dispense the drug Ciprofloxacin in the cafeteria. During about two hours, scenarios were set up to address concerns.

Medicine and Evolution, Part 9: What was that about evolution ...  -  Apr 9, 2007
ScienceBlogsWhat the investigators did was to test the effect of two antibiotic pairs, tetracycline plus either ciprofloxacin or erythromycin.

Depomed Completes $20 Million Registered Direct Offering  -  Apr 23, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),ProQuin(R) XR (ciprofloxacin hydrochloride) extended-release tablets have been approved by the FDA for the once daily treatment of uncomplicated urinary

Drug Resistant Gonorrhea: Q&A  -  Apr 13, 2007
News Locale,This class of drugs includes antibiotics like ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, and levofloxacin. Instead the agency is recommending a class of antibiotics called

Fluoroquinolones to prevent postoperative keratitis and ...  -  Apr 10, 2007
OSN SuperSite (subscription),Wagner RS, Abelson MB, Shapiro A, Torkildsen G. Evaluation of moxifloxacin, ciprofloxacin, gatifloxacin, ofloxacin, and levofloxacin concentrations in human

Antibiotic Combinations Could Fight Resistant Germs  -  Apr 4, 2007
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription),They exposed the two bacteria to both doxycycline and ciprofloxacin (Cipro), a drug from a different class of antibiotics. Experts call this combination of

Aradigm Revisited: CEO Adds Input to Analysis  -  Mar 29, 2007
Seeking Alpha,In unpartnered programs, the lead drug for Aradigm is ARD-3100 or LipoCipro, a liposomal reformulation of ciprofloxacin, aimed at cystic fibrosis.

Govt slaps notice on pharma cos for overcharging  -  Apr 18, 2007
Times of India,The drugs in which overcharging has been detected include active ingredients salbutamol, theopylline, norfloxacin, ciprofloxacin, cloxacillin,

French co buys IP rights from Lupin  -  Apr 17, 2007
Economic Times,In a similar move, Ranbaxy Lab had licensed out IP-related rights on a drug delivery system for Ciprofloxacin (brand name Cipro) to Bayer in 1999.

Alarm As Sexual Disease Soars  -  Apr 16, 2007
International News Service,A third of the 204 gonorrhoea cases identified at the Auckland clinics were resistant to treatment with the antibiotic ciprofloxacin.

CDC Issues New Treatment Recommendations for Gonorrhea  -  Apr 16, 2007
Medscape (subscription)Therefore, the CDC no longer recommends fluoroquinolone antibiotics (ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, and levofloxacin) for treatment of gonorrhea in the United

CDC warns about threat of drug resistant gonorrhoea  -  Apr 16, 2007
News-Medical.net,...it can be a serious one and as a rule doctors prescribe a group of commonly used antibiotics including fluoroquinolones (ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin,

CDC Changes Recommendations for Gonorrhea Treatment Due to Drug ...  -  Apr 15, 2007
HealthNews-Stats (press release),The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) no longer recommends antibiotics known as fluoroquinolones (ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, and levofloxacin)

Scientists Concerned About Gonorrhea’s Drug Resistance  -  Apr 15, 2007
MedIndia,Doctors prescribe a group of commonly used antibiotics including fluoroquinolones (ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, and levofloxacin) as a treatment for the

CDC Changes Recommendations For Gonorrhea Treatment Due To Drug ...  -  Apr 14, 2007
Science Daily (press release)Science Daily — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) no longer recommends antibiotics known as fluoroquinolones (ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin,

Emergency officials prepare for anthrax drill in Rochester  -  Apr 14, 2007
Foster's Daily Democrat,...called a Point of Dispersing or POD, to simulate mass vaccination for anthrax using either the medications doxycycline or ciprofloxacin.

Cipla fined Rs 7.48 bn for overcharging  -  Apr 14, 2007
Myiris.com,The five drugs that Cipla`s, been accused of overcharging for are; salbutamol, cloxacillin, ciprofloxacin, theophylline and norfloxacin.

Drug-resistant gonorrhea spreads in US  -  Apr 13, 2007
Gulf Times,Previously, orally administered drugs known as ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin and levofloxacin were prescribed to treat the disease. Now the CDC is recommending a

Cipla fined Rs 748 cr for overcharging  -  Apr 13, 2007
Business Standard,The five drugs that Cipla has been accused of overcharging for are salbutamol, cloxacillin, ciprofloxacin, theophylline and norfloxacin.

Now, NPPA fines Cipla Rs 748 cr for overpricing  -  Apr 13, 2007
Financial Express,The case concerned the active ingredients salbutamol, theopylline, norfloxacin, ciprofloxacin, cloxacillin, doxycycline and glipizide used in drugs from

Prescribers Warned of Tizanidine Drug Interactions  -  Apr 13, 2007
Medscape (subscription)April 13, 2007 — Concomitant use of fluvoxamine or ciprofloxacin with tizanidine HCl (Zanaflex capsules and tablets, Accorda Therapeutics) is

Resistance Takes Gonorrhea to Last Line of Defense  -  Apr 13, 2007
MedPage Today,Resistance to fluoroquinolones such as ciprofloxacin (Cipro) has risen to nearly 39% in some subpopulations and more than 13% overall, the CDC reported in

Agency urges change in antibiotics for gonorrhea  -  Apr 12, 2007
International Herald Tribune,These drugs are meant to substitute for the three currently recommended fluoroquinolones, ciprofloxacin, or Cipro; ofloxacin, or Floxin; and levofloxacin,

CDC Changes Recommendations for Gonorrhea Treatment Due to Drug ...  -  Apr 13, 2007
DG NewsATLANTA, GA -- April 13, 2007 -- The CDC no longer recommends antibiotics known as fluoroquinolones (ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, and levofloxacin) as a

Aradigm gets US FDA orphan drug status for liposomal ciprofloxacin ...  -  Feb 8, 2007
Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release),...(ARDM) has received orphan drug designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for an inhaled liposomal formulation of ciprofloxacin for the

Grocery found selling antibiotics  -  Feb 19, 2007
Gulf News,The store, located in Tourist Club area, was selling antibiotics Ciprofloxacin and Cefalexin and hormone treatment drugs Levonorgestrel and Quinestrol.

Indoco plans to tap US, Europe  -  Feb 15, 2007
Business Standard,It has already filed three abbreviated new drug applications (ANDA) for the US market for Ciprofloxacin, an anti-biotic and an anti-inflammatory drug.

Scientists develop cost-effective nuclear medicine kit  -  Jan 28, 2007
Economic Times,..."We have developed a single vial cold kit of ciprofloxacin for bacterial infection imaging called 'Diagnobact'," W Selvamurthy, Chief Controller in Research

Medicine prices likely to come down this month  -  Feb 10, 2007
Daily Times,The Network for Consumer Protection reported on Saturday that the prices of molecules like Norfloxacin, Ceftriaxone, Ciprofloxacin, Diclofenic Sodium and

Healthcare professionals suggest Medicine Pricing Policy  -  Feb 6, 2007
Daily Times,He referred to Ciprofloxacin, an antibiotic which is sold under 8 different brand names at prices ranging from Rs 5.50 per tablet to Rs 50.40 per tablet.

Depomed Gets $2.9 Million Esprit Payment  -  Jan 31, 2007
Forbes,...based Depomed said ProQuin XR is a once-daily extended release form of ciprofloxacin for the treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections.

Biomedical scientist struck off  -  Jan 31, 2007
Medical Laboratory World,Elliot's errors included wrongly transcribing MRSA isolates as ciprofloxacin sensitive on two occasions on the same day. Achieving such a result is a rare

Pediatric studies lead to more information on drug labels  -  Feb 1, 2007
AAP News (subscription)Antiviral therapies such as oseltamivir and antibacterials such as ciprofloxacin, ertapenem and linezolid are important additions to the pediatric

Drug companies fleeced patients of Rs 738 cr: NPPA  -  Feb 19, 2007
Financial Express,Some of the drugs the companies are alleged to have overcharged on are: ciprofloxacin, norfloaxacin and salbutamol. Overcharging means selling at a price

Apotex's jagged little pills  -  Jan 29, 2007
National Post,After mysterious packages laced with anthrax began showing up in Washington, DC, in 2001, there was a worldwide run on ciprofloxacin, an anti-anthrax pill

Pharma majors take dose of new molecule R&D  -  Feb 18, 2007
Business Standard,They have made a few breakthroughs in generics and novel drug delivery systems, such as, Ranbaxy’s once-a-day Ciprofloxacin. In the last two years, though,

More On: Salmonella  -  Feb 15, 2007
WVLT,...unless the infection spreads from the intestines, then it can be treated with ampicillin, gentamicin, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, or ciprofloxacin.

Zithromax effective for traveler's diarrhea  -  Feb 14, 2007
Scientific AmericanMore than 85 percent of these pathogens are resistant to fluoroquinolone antibiotics, such as Levaquin (levofloxacin) or Cipro (ciprofloxacin),

Depomed and Biovail Sign License Agreement for AcuForm(TM) Drug ...  -  Feb 12, 2007
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse),ProQuin(R) XR (ciprofloxacin hydrochloride) extended-release tablets have been approved by the FDA for the once daily treatment of uncomplicated urinary

Depomed and Biovail Sign License Agreement for AcuFormâ„¢ Drug ...  -  Feb 12, 2007
Business Wire (press release),ProQuin ® XR (ciprofloxacin hydrochloride) extended-release tablets have been approved by the FDA for the once daily treatment of uncomplicated urinary

Spinal Epidural Abscess  -  Feb 7, 2007
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription),Doxycycline plus streptomycin versus ciprofloxacin plus rifampicin in spinal brucellosis. BMC Infect Dis 2006;6:72-81. [CrossRef][Medline]

830 Admitted in W. Nile As Meningitis Cases Increase  -  Feb 5, 2007
AllAfrica.com,Mr Jakor said the recommended drugs (Ciprofloxacin tablets) for preventionof the disease are available in health centre and clinics.

Flu, or could it be meningitis?  -  Feb 3, 2007
Hindustan Times,Unless you are in close contact to the patient, taking an antibiotic such as ciprofloxacin as a precaution is enough,� says Dr Ashok Jhingan,

Sudan: Americares airlifts life-saving medicines to Darfur  -  Feb 1, 2007
ReliefWeb (press release),The medications that were airlifted include: artesunate and quinine sulphate (for malaria), amoxicillin, ciprofloxacin, erythromycin, mebendazole,

Ranbaxy to earmark 20% more for R&D  -  Jan 28, 2007
Business Standard,The company's first significant international success using the NDDS technology platform came in 1999 when Ranbaxy licensed its once-a-day ciprofloxacin

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