GSK has reported topline results from a phase 3 trial of its novel antibiotic gepotidacin that could spell the end of a decades-long drought in new oral therapies for gonorrhoea.
Facing a sharp rise in the number of syphilis cases, the FDA has authorised the importation from France of a life-saving drug for the sexually transmitted infection (STI)
Scientists at Roche and Harvard University have discovered an entirely new class of antibiotic that can kill a highly drug-resistant ‘superbug’ with a mortality rate that can be upwar
The US government has set aside a $104 million pot of funding for research into bacterial behaviour and antibiotic resistance, in the hope of speeding up diagnosis and ena