J&J's (JNJ) Janssen Receives FDA Panel Backing for MDR-TB Drug Bedaquiline

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J&J's (JNJ) Experimental TB Drug Receives Unanimous FDA Panel Backing

November 28, 2012 5:19 PM EST

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) got some good news late Wednesday after an FDA panel said it would back its experimental tuberculosis drug, bedaquiline.

The drug targets adenosine triphosphate synthase, which is an enzyme that TB needs to generate energy.

The... More