OPTOMYCIN

Post-LOE

chloramphenicol

Pfizer

ANDAOPHTHALMICSOLUTION/DROPS

Approved

Mar 1982

Lifecycle

Post-LOE

Competitive Pressure

30/100

Data completeness

3/8 — Basic

OPTOMYCIN (chloramphenicol) by Pfizer is clinical pharmacology chloramphenicol is a broad-spectrum antibiotic originally isolated from streptomyces venezuelae . Approved for surface ocular infections involving the conjunctiva and/or cornea caused by chloramphenicol-susceptible organisms. First approved in 1982.

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Mechanism of Action

Clinical Pharmacology Chloramphenicol is a broad-spectrum antibiotic originally isolated from Streptomyces venezuelae . It is primarily bacteriostatic and acts by inhibition of protein synthesis by interfering with the transfer of activated amino acids from soluble RNA to ribosomes. It has been…

Indications (1)

surface ocular infections involving the conjunctiva and/or cornea caused by chloramphenicol-susceptible organisms

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Data Sources

Drug label: DailyMed / FDA
Clinical trials: ClinicalTrials.gov
Patent data: FDA Orange Book
Spending data: CMS Medicare

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