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Also known as LY-333328, Chlorobiphenyl-chloroeremomycin

Oritavancin, sold under the brand name Orbactiv among others, is a semisynthetic glycopeptide antibiotic medication for the treatment of serious Gram-positive bacterial infections. Its chemical structure as a lipoglycopeptide is similar to vancomycin.

Key facts

Drug.image
Oritavancin.svg
Drug.image_class
skin-invert-image
Drug.tradename
Orbactiv, others
Drug.MedlinePlus
a614042
Drug.DailyMedID
Oritavancin
Drug.routes_of_administration
Intravenous
Drug.ATC_prefix
J01
Drug.ATC_suffix
XA05
Drug.legal_CA
Rx-only
Drug.legal_US
Rx-only
Drug.legal_EU
Rx-only
Drug.CAS_number
171099-57-3
Drug.PubChem
16131319
Drug.DrugBank
DB04911
Drug.ChemSpiderID
31149229
Drug.UNII
PUG62FRZ2E
Drug.KEGG
D05271
Drug.ChEBI
82699

via Wikipedia infobox

Research

545 papers

via PubMed

~4 min read

Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • Medical uses
  • ''In vitro'' activity
  • Mechanism
  • Synergism
  • Spectrum of Activity
  • History
  • References

Oritavancin, sold under the brand name Orbactiv among others, is a semisynthetic glycopeptide antibiotic medication for the treatment of serious Gram-positive bacterial infections. Its chemical structure as a lipoglycopeptide is similar to vancomycin.

The US Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency approved oritavancin for treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections.

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