Telavancin
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| Trade names | Vibativ |
| AHFS/Drugs.com | Monograph |
| MedlinePlus | a610004 |
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| Routes of administration | intravenous |
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| Bioavailability | N/A |
| Protein binding | 90%, mostly to albumin |
| Elimination half-life | 9 hours |
| Excretion | 76% in urine, <1% in feces |
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.106.567 |
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| Formula | C80H106Cl2N11O27P |
| Molar mass | 1755.65 g·mol−1 |
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Telavancin (trade name Vibativ by Cumberland Pharmaceuticals) is a bactericidal lipoglycopeptide for use in MRSA or other Gram-positive infections. Telavancin is a semi-synthetic derivative of vancomycin.
The FDA approved the drug in September 2009 for complicated skin and skin structure infections (cSSSI), and in June 2013 for hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia caused by Staphylococcus aureus.