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The FDA has approved oral Utebzi tablets as a treatment for complicated urinary tract infections, including pyelonephritis, in adults with “limited or no alternative oral treatment options,” the agency announced.Utebzi (tebipenem pivoxil, GSK and Spero Therapeutics) is the first oral carbapenem antibiotic approved for complicated UTIs in the United States. It is the second complicated
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