Monday, March 16, 2009

MiddleBrook Pharmaceuticals Launches Moxatag, the First and Only FDA-Approved Once-Daily Amoxicillin

Mar 16, 2009 - MiddleBrook Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today launched MOXATAG (extended-release amoxicillin) Tablets, 775 mg, the first and only FDA-approved once-daily amoxicillin. MOXATAG is approved for the treatment of pharyngitis/tonsillitis secondary to Streptococcus pyogenes in patients twelve years and older. MOXATAG is dosed once-daily at 775 mg, versus the current most commonly prescribed generic amoxicillin treatment regimen for pharyngitis/tonsillitis which is 500 mg three times per day according to the 2008 IMS Health National Drug Therapeutic Index. There is no AB-rated generic for MOXATAG.

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