Moderated By: caly -- (Moderated) -- Started: 5/28/2007 11:48:32 PM Revision History
This thread is for the discussion of and exchange of information on MRSA which is becoming more and more of an epidemic. Information on companies involved in the battle against MRSA is welcome and encouraged, but persistent hyping of a stock is not.
Some companies involved with MRSA (please help build the list):
Antibiotics:
Merck - investigating platensimycin, finance.yahoo.com  Theravence, Inc - investigational antibiotic telavancin finance.yahoo.com  Astellas Pharma, inc - telavancin (with Theravence) - astellas.us  Paratek Pharmaceuticals - investigational antibiotic PTK 0796 (with Merck), privately held paratekpharm.com  Targanta Therapeutics - investigational antibiotic oritavancin - IPO filed targanta.com  Replidyne, Inc., REP8839 topical antibiotic finance.yahoo.com 
Vaccines
Intercell - S. aureus vaccine with Merck - intercell.com 
Other treatment:
Oculus - wound healing, finance.yahoo.com  Derma Sciences, Inc. - MRSA-effective bandages, finance.yahoo.com  Ondine Biopharma Corp http - Photodynamic Disinfection - finance.yahoo.com 
Rapid Identification:
Cepheid - Xpert MRSA test finance.yahoo.com  Acolyte Biomedica (owned by 3M) - BacLite Rapid MRSA acolytebiomedica.com  Accelr8 Technology - finance.yahoo.com  BD Diagnostics - BD GeneOhm StaphSR assay - finance.yahoo.com 
Johns Hopkins' basic MRSA info for patients: hopkinsmedicine.org 
cdc.gov 
HA-MRSA - Healthcare Acquired MRSA
CA-MRSA - Community Acquired MRSA
VRSA - Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
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