US Filing Eyed After Qurient's Novel TB Candidate Proves Mettle
Executive Summary
South Korea’s Qurient achieves proof of concept in a Phase II study with its first-in-class antibiotic telacebec for tuberculosis and aims to file a US NDA for the orphan drug.
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