What Was the First New Antibiotic Class in Decades? The Surprising Story Behind Zyvox
We tend to assume new antibiotics roll out steadily, the way new phone models do. They don't — not even close. For decades, nearly every "new" antibiotic was a reworking of an old idea. Against that long drought, the linezolid in Zyvox stands out as a genuine rarity: the first truly new class of antibiotic to reach patients in more than three decades.
The Antibiotic Drought Nobody Talks...