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By contrast, vancomycin is given twice a day, and Cubicin, a medicine marketed by Lexington, Mass.
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In the past six years, there have been two clear examples: Zyvox, from Pfizer, and Cubicin, from Cubist Pharmaceuticals.
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When it was approved in September 2003, Cubicin was only the second new class of antibiotic approved in thirty years.
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Its drug, Cubicin, was licensed from Eli Lilly (nyse: LLY - news - people ) a decade ago.
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Cubist Pharmaceuticals (nasdaq: CBST - news - people ) now sells Cubicin, a first-in-class injectable bacteria killer it licensed from Lilly.
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Glivec became Gleevec, Cidecin became Cubicin, and Antegren became Tysabri (those are for cancer, bacterial infection, and multiple sclerosis, respectively.) But changes in generic name seem less common.
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And then there's Cubicin.
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