Tuberculosis Drug, Bedaquiline, Submitted for FDA New Drug Application Approval
Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen Research & Development unit yesterday announced that they have filed a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for bedaquiline, in the hope that it will be the first drug with a new mechanism of action for tuberculosis (TB) in over 40 years. Specifically, Janssen is