资源描述：
《Medicines in Development for Infectious Diseases 2010》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在学术论文-天天文库。
1、201R0eportMEDICINESINDEVELOPMENTFORInfectiousDiseasesPRESENTEDBYAMERICA’SBIOPHARMACEUTICALRESEARCHCOMPANIESBiopharmaceuticalResearchContinuesAgainstInfectiousDiseaseswith395MedicinesandVaccinesinTestinghroughouthistory,infectiousdiseaseshavetakenMEDICINESINDEVELOPM
2、ENTFORINFECTIOUSDISEASESTadevastatingtollonthelivesandwell-beingofpeoplearoundtheworld.Causedwhenpathogenssuchasbacteriaorvirusesenterabodyandmultiply,infectiousdiseasesweretheleadingcauseofdeathintheUnitedStatesuntilthe1920s.Today,vaccinesandantibioticshaveprovent
3、obeeffectivetreatmentsinmanycases,butinfectiousdiseasesstillposeaveryseriousthreattopatients.Recently,someinfectiouspathogens,suchasstaphylococcalbacteria,havebecomeresistanttoavailabletreatments.Diseasesonceconsideredconquered,suchastuberculosis,havereemergedasagr
4、owinghealththreat.And,alarmingly,someinfectiousagentshavebeenmanipulatedforuseinbioterroristattacks.America’sbiopharmaceuticalresearchcompaniesaredeveloping395medicinesandvaccinestocombatthemanythreatsposedbyinfectiousdiseases.Eachofthesemedicinesindevelopmentiseit
5、herinclinicaltrialsorunderreviewbytheFoodandDrug•Apotentialnewclassofantibioticstotreatmethi-Administration.cillin-resistantStaphylococcusaureus(MRSA).Amongthemedicinesnowbeingtestedare88•Anoveltreatmentthatworksbyblockingtheabilityantibiotics/antibacterialsfortrea
6、tingbacterialinfectionsofthesmallpoxvirustospreadtoothercells,thussuchaspneumoniaandtuberculosis;96antiviralsforpreventingitfromcausingdisease.treatingsuchvirusesashepatitis,herpesandinfluenza;Biopharmaceuticalresearchersalsoarefocusingand145vaccinestopreventortreat
7、diseasessuchastheireffortsonnewtreatmentsforfungalinfections,staphinfectionsandpneumococcalinfections.Notherpes,influenza,meningitis,pneumonia,respiratoryincludedinthisreportaremedicinesindevelopmentinfections,rotavirus,sepsis,smallpox,andurinaryforHIVinfection.A200
8、9surveybyPhRMAfoundtractinfections,amongothers.97medicinesandvaccinesareintestingforHIV/AIDSandAIDS-relatedconditions.Infectiousdiseasesmayneverb
