ICAAC 2015: Data Help Theravance's Ongoing Vibativ Relaunch
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Executive Summary
Theravance BioPharma senior vice president of development and operations Frank Pasqualone says the Vibativ (telavancin) relaunch "has gone just about as well as expected" and it has been helped by the company's growing collection of data for the intravenous antibiotic.
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