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New Gonorrhea Pill Is as Good as Injected Antibiotic, GSK Says
- Cases of gonorrhea have more than doubled in the US since 2009
- New antibiotic has also shown positive results in UTIs
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A new antibiotic pill for gonorrhea was as good as current treatments in a late stage trial for an infection that has resurfaced around the globe, the drugmaker GSK Plc said.
Initial data from the trial indicated that the oral antibiotic gepotidacin worked as well as a combination of drugs that can be used to treat gonorrhea, one of which is an intramuscular injection.