Shares in Dublin, Ireland and Chicago, US-based Iterum Therapeutics have taken a hit on news that the firm's sulopenem did not achieve statistical non-inferiority relative to ertapenem in a trial in complicated urinary tract infection (cUTI).
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Vabomere for adults with complicated urinary tract infections (cUTI), including a type of kidney infection, pyelonephritis, caused by specific bacteria.