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ReviewInfectious disorders drug targets2025

Innovative Bedaquiline-Based Delivery Systems for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment.

Asad Ahmad, Juber Akhtar, Mohammad Ahmad, Anas Islam, Badruddeen, Mohammad Irfan Khan, Mohsin Vahid Khan, Mohammad Owais

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Review in Infectious disorders drug targets, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Asad AhmadDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Integral University, Dasauli Kursi Road, Lucknow, 226026, India.
Juber AkhtarDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Integral University, Dasauli Kursi Road, Lucknow, 226026, India.
Mohammad AhmadDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Integral University, Dasauli Kursi Road, Lucknow, 226026, India.
Anas IslamDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Integral University, Dasauli Kursi Road, Lucknow, 226026, India.
BadruddeenDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Integral University, Dasauli Kursi Road, Lucknow, 226026, India.
Mohammad Irfan KhanDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Integral University, Dasauli Kursi Road, Lucknow, 226026, India.
Mohsin Vahid KhanDepartment of Biosciences, Integral University, Dasauli Kursi Road, Lucknow, 226026, India.
Mohammad OwaisInterdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, India.

Funding

Integral University Lucknow IU/R&D/2023-MCN0001843
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The increasing incidence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is one of the most challenging tasks in tuberculosis treatment. Conventional TB treatment regimens have proven ineffective in treating MDR-TB, thus demanding the development of new drugs followed by delivery systems. Bedaquiline, a novel anti-TB drug, has been reported to inhibit the ATP synthase required for the growth and replication of TB bacteria. Bedaquiline is able to target the persistent or latent form of TB, which remains difficult to treat with conventional drugs. This makes bedaquiline an important drug in the fight against MDR-TB. The drug has been approved by the US FDA as well as European Medicines Agency and is now widely used as part of combination therapy for the treatment of MDR-TB. Bedaquiline and its advanced drug delivery system play a key role in tackling MDR-TB, providing a much-needed boost to control and eventually eliminate the disease. However, the cost of the drug remains a concern, and efforts are underway to make bedaquiline more accessible and affordable to patients in resource-limited settings. Nevertheless, the development of bedaquiline nanoformulations represents a significant step forward in the fight against TB and offers hope to millions of patients across the globe.

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Antitubercular AgentsDiarylquinolinesDrug Delivery SystemsTuberculosis, Multidrug-ResistantHumansMycobacterium tuberculosisAntitubercular AgentsbedaquilineDiarylquinolinesBedaquilinemultidrug-resistant tuberculosisnanoformulationspatentspharmacokineticstuberculosis treatment.

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