new injectable antibiotic called Cubicin

November 2003

You'll see a new injectable antibiotic called Cubicin.

Cubicin (daptomycin) is the first in a new class...cyclic lipopeptides. It works by depolarizing bacterial cell membranes.

It's for complicated skin infections due to gram-positive bacteria...including methicillin-resistant Staph aureus (MRSA).

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