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FDA approves TOBI Podhaler (Novartis) for treatment of Cystic Fibrosis infections
The FDA has approved TOBI Podhaler (tobramycin inhalation powder) from Novartis on 22 March 2013 for the management of Cystic Fibrosis patients with Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a bacterium that causes lung infections.
TOBI Podhaler was approved in the EU for treatment of pseudomonas lung infection in Cystic Fibrosis patients in July 2011.