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Drug ReportsTigecycline
Tygacil(tigecycline)
Tigecycline, Tygacil (tigecycline) is a small molecule pharmaceutical. Tigecycline was first approved as Tygacil on 2005-06-15. It is used to treat bacteremia, bacterial infections, bacterial pneumonia, bacterial skin diseases, and bacteroides infections amongst others in the USA. It has been approved in Europe to treat bacterial infections, bacterial skin diseases, infectious skin diseases, intraabdominal infections, and soft tissue infections.
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infectionsD007239
respiratory tract diseasesD012140
skin and connective tissue diseasesD017437
signs and symptoms pathological conditionsD013568
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Tigecycline, Tygacil (discontinued: Tigecycline)
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Tigecycline
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TIGECYCLINEAmneal PharmaceuticalsN-211158 RX2018-08-02
1 products
TIGECYCLINEFresenius KabiN-205645 RX2016-12-01
1 products, RLD, RS
TYGACILCV SciencesN-021821 RX2005-06-15
1 products, RLD, RS
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tigecyclineANDA2025-09-02
tygacilNew Drug Application2025-07-11
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bacterial infections—D001424A49
intraabdominal infections—D059413—
bacterial skin diseases—D017192—
escherichia coli infectionsEFO_1001318D004927B96.20
clostridium infectionsEFO_1000874D003015A05.2
streptococcal infectionsEFO_1001476D013290—
bacterial pneumoniaEFO_1001272D018410J15.9
staphylococcal infections—D013203A49.01
bacteremiaEFO_0003033D016470R78.81
klebsiella infectionsEFO_1001353D007710—
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Tigecycline, Tigecycline, Amneal
98553352033-04-07DP
Tigecycline, Tygacil, Pf Prism Cv
83729952030-10-08DP
78798282029-02-05DP
89752422028-10-24DP
92543282026-03-13DP
96940782026-03-13DP
105889752026-03-13DP
ATC Codes
J: Antiinfectives for systemic use
— J01: Antibacterials for systemic use
— J01A: Tetracycline antibiotics
— J01AA: Tetracyclines
— J01AA12: Tigecycline
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J3243
Injection, tigecycline, 1 mg
J3244
Injection, tigecycline (accord) not therapeutically equivalent to j3243, 1 mg
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Indications Phases 4
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InfectionsD007239EFO_0000544———1258
Communicable diseasesD003141————1247
Intraabdominal infectionsD059413————1247
PneumoniaD011014EFO_0003106J18—11114
Healthcare-associated pneumoniaD000077299———1—1—2
ObesityD009765EFO_0001073E66.9———1—1
Ventilator-associated pneumoniaD053717EFO_1001865J95.851———1—1
Urinary tract infectionsD014552EFO_0003103N39.0———1—1
BacteremiaD016470EFO_0003033R78.81———1—1
PyelonephritisD011704EFO_1001141N10-N16———1—1
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Bacterial pneumoniaD018410EFO_1001272J15.9—11—13
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Healthy volunteers/patients———1————1
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Infectious skin diseasesD012874——————22
Skin diseasesD012871—L00-L99————22
Soft tissue infectionsD018461——————11
DiarrheaD003967—R19.7————11
Clostridium infectionsD003015EFO_1000874A05.2————11
Clostridioides difficileD016360NCBITaxon_1496—————11
Community-acquired infectionsD017714——————11
Staphylococcus aureusD013211NCBITaxon_1280—————11
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Drug common nameTigecycline
INNtigecycline
Description
Tigecycline, sold under the brand name Tygacil, is a tetracycline antibiotic medication for a number of bacterial infections. It is a glycylcycline administered intravenously. It was developed in response to the growing rate of antibiotic resistant bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus, Acinetobacter baumannii, and E. coli. As a tetracycline derivative antibiotic, its structural modifications has expanded its therapeutic activity to include Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms, including those of multi-drug resistance.
Classification
Small molecule
Drug classantibiotics (tetracycline derivatives)
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Structure (InChI/SMILES or Protein Sequence)
CN(C)c1cc(NC(=O)CNC(C)(C)C)c(O)c2c1C[C@H]1C[C@H]3[C@H](N(C)C)C(O)=C(C(N)=O)C(=O)[C@@]3(O)C(O)=C1C2=O
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CAS-ID220620-09-7
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ChEMBL IDCHEMBL376140
ChEBI ID149836
PubChem CID5282044
DrugBankDB00560
UNII ID70JE2N95KR (ChemIDplus, GSRS)
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Tygacil – Pfizer
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Black-box warning for: Tigecycline, Tygacil
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4,790 adverse events reported
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