NDATOPICALCREAM
Approved
Feb 1982
Lifecycle
LOE Approaching
Competitive Pressure
30/100
Clinical Trials
10
Data completeness
4/8 — Partial
SSD (silver sulfadiazine) by Dr. Reddy's Laboratories is clinical pharmacology silver sulfadiazine has broad antimicrobial activity. First approved in 1982.
Drug data last refreshed 3d ago
AI summarySynthesized from FDA + DailyMed + ClinicalTrials.gov data
Silver sulfadiazine is a topical sulfonamide antibiotic cream indicated for burn wound care and infection prevention. It exhibits broad-spectrum bactericidal activity against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria as well as yeast by disrupting bacterial cell walls. The drug has been a standard-of-care topical antimicrobial for over 40 years in acute and chronic wound management.
$5MPart D
LOE ApproachingLow Medicare utilization ($5M Part D spending) suggests mature market with modest volume; brand team likely focused on defending narrowing market share against generic erosion.
Mechanism of Action
CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY Silver sulfadiazine has broad antimicrobial activity. It is bactericidal for many gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria as well as being effective against yeast. Results from in vitro testing are listed below. Sufficient data have been obtained to demonstrate that silver…
Pharmacologic Class:
Sulfonamide Antibacterial
Indications
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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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