Last summer, the Food and Drug Administration denied an application for a new antifungal drug called olorofim, sending it back to the company with a request for more data. If approved, it would ...

In an Editorial in July 2023, we wrote with optimism about the antifungal clinical development pipeline. At the time, several ...

“Not only is the pipeline of new antifungal drugs and diagnostics insufficient ... category of the WHO’s fungal priority pathogens list (FPPL) are deadly, with mortality rates reaching ...

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Anthralin. This drug, though not often used because it can be irritating and can stain, helps reduce inflammation and can help treat psoriasis. If you take anthralin, tell your doctor right away ...

Until new antifungal drugs are available, he added, this could be a way “to optimize the drugs we have.” Fluconazole is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. Since its patent ...

The proliferation of new fungicides in the U.S. agricultural sector may be raising resistance to critical antifungal medications in humans and animals, infectious disease experts are warning.

A newly discovered bacterial weapon against fungi can kill even drug-resistant strains, raising hopes for a new antifungal drug. Bacteria are masters at fending off fungi, says Martin Burke ...

Demographic data are displayed in Table 1. The median age of patients requiring antifungal therapy was 5.8 years (IQR: 1.2, 12.7) and the median length of stay was 11 days (IQR: 4, 31).