Last year Pfizer paid $1.9 billion for Vicuron Pharmaceuticals, a developer of anti-infective drugs.
When infection attacks the body, anti-infective drugs can suppress the infection.
The agency said the drug could cause dangerous cardiac problems when used with some anti-infective drugs, by patients with liver disease or in excessive doses.
The deal will help expand Pfizer's pipeline of new drugs and its portfolio of anti-infective drugs, Wall Street analysts said.
Alasdair P McGowan and David S Reeves discuss measurement of serum concentrations of other anti-infective drugs in special circumstances.
The agency's anti-infective drugs advisory committee voted 11 to 2 on Monday against approving the drug because it had questions about the research data submitted by the makers, Syntex Corporation, a spokesman for the concern said.
Tell laboratory personnel and all your doctors if you take any of the following: anti-infective drugs (e.g., amoxicillin, erythromycin), methotrexate, pyrimethamine.
The company that discovers, develops and commercializes anti-infective drugs based on its proprietary class of compounds, Ceragenins.
Corticosteroids, given adjunctively with anti-infective drugs, can improve patient outcome in people with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP), says Joyce Anastasi, writing in the American Journal of Nursing.
A unique biosynthetic pathway is followed in animals compared to many other organisms, making the pathway a common target for antibiotics and other anti-infective drugs.