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Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 2, 943–944 (1 December 2003) | doi:10.1038/nrd1258

Daptomycin

Aarti Raja , Jason LaBonte , John Lebbos & Peter Kirkpatrick

In September 2003, daptomycin (Cubicin; Cubist Pharmaceuticals) — the first member of a new class of antibiotics — was approved by the US FDA for the treatment of infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria. Will its ability to treat infections resistant to many current antibiotics lead to significant market success?