Oritavancin

Oritavancin is a semisynthetic glycopeptide used (as its bisphosphate salt) for the treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections caused or suspected to be caused by susceptible isolates of designated Gram-positive microorganisms including MRSA. It has a role as an antibacterial drug and an antimicrobial agent. It is a disaccharide derivative, a glycopeptide and a semisynthetic derivative. It derives from a vancomycin aglycone.|Oritavancin is a glycopeptide antibiotic used for the treatment of skin infections. It was developed by The Medicines Company (acquired by Novartis). Oritavancin was initially approved by the FDA in 2014 and formulated to combat resistant Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, and other gram-positive bacteria that cause skin infections. It boasts the option of single-dose administration that has been proven as non-inferior to a full course of [vancomycin] therapy.|Oritavancin is a Lipoglycopeptide Antibacterial. The mechanism of action of oritavancin is as a Cytochrome P450 2C19 Inhibitor, and Cytochrome P450 2C9 Inhibitor, and Cytochrome P450 3A4 Inducer, and Cytochrome P450 2D6 Inducer.|The glycopeptide antibiotics are semisynthetic macromolecules that are structurally related to vancomycin and have antibacterial activity against several gram positive organisms including methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Three lipoglycopeptide antibiotics are available for use in the United States: dalbavancin, oritavancin and telavancin. All three agents have been associated with transient serum enzyme elevations during therapy, but they have yet to be linked convincingly to cases of clinically apparent acute liver injury.
ChEBI: A semisynthetic glycopeptide used (as its bisphosphate salt) for the treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections caused or suspected to be caused by susceptible isolates of designated Gram-positive microorganisms including MRSA.