FDA Published Final Guidance on Developing Drugs for Pulmonary Tuberculosis

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a final guidance for industry, “Pulmonary Tuberculosis:  Developing Drugs for Treatment,” last month. The guidance aims to assist sponsors in the clinical development of investigational drugs to treat pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), an airborne bacterial infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) that primarily attacks the lungs.