Levonadifloxacin

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the major public health concerns in India, MRSA infections continue to be therapeutically challenging both in hospitals and in the community. The currently available therapeutic options for MRSA are unable to provide safe and efficacious treatment with an option of oral switchover in the treatment of MRSA infections, especially in the community. Levonadifloxacin (LND) is a broad-spectrum benzoquinolizine fluoroquinolone with potent activity against quinolone-resistant S. aureus and MRSA phenotypes developed by an Indian company Wockhardt. LND and its oral prodrug alalevonadifloxacin have been recently approved in India for the treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections with concurrent bacteraemia and diabetic foot infections.