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FDA Approves First and Only Single-Dose Therapy for Adult Women with Bacterial Vaginosis

FDA approves Symbiomix Therapeutics’ Solosec for treating BV.

Release Date
October 2, 2017

Symbiomix Therapeutics today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Solosec™ (secnidazole) 2g oral granules for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis (BV) in adult women. Solosec™ is a potent, next-generation, 5-nitroimidazole antibiotic with enhanced pharmacokinetic properties that enable delivery in a single dose that’s been shown to be efficacious and well tolerated. Solosec™ is the first and only single-dose oral therapy for BV, the most common gynecologic infection in the U.S.

Read full announcement here.

Did you know BV is the most common vaginal infection in women ages 15-44? Learn more about BV here.

 

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