Zerbaxa

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ceftolozane / tazobactam

Authorised
This medicine is authorised for use in the European Union.

Overview

Zerbaxa is an antibiotic used to treat adults and children with:

• complicated (difficult to treat) infections of tissues and organs within the belly (intra-abdominal infections);

• serious kidney infection (acute pyelonephritis);

• complicated infections of the urinary tract (structures that carry urine, such as the bladder).

It is also used to treat adults with hospital-acquired pneumonia (an infection of the lungs that is caught in the hospital), including ventilator-associated pneumonia (pneumonia in patients using a ventilator, a machine that helps a patient to breathe).

Zerbaxa contains the active substances ceftolozane and tazobactam.

This EPAR was last updated on 14/04/2023

Authorisation details

Product details
Name
Zerbaxa
Agency product number
EMEA/H/C/003772
Active substance
  • ceftolozane sulfate
  • tazobactam sodium
International non-proprietary name (INN) or common name
  • ceftolozane
  • tazobactam
Therapeutic area (MeSH)
Bacterial Infections
Anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) code
J01
Publication details
Marketing-authorisation holder
Merck Sharp & Dohme B.V. 
Revision
15
Date of issue of marketing authorisation valid throughout the European Union
18/09/2015
Contact address

Waarderweg 39
2031 BN Haarlem
The Netherlands

Product information

25/07/2022 Zerbaxa - EMEA/H/C/003772 - II/0036

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Pharmacotherapeutic group

Antibacterials for systemic use

Therapeutic indication

Zerbaxa is indicated for the treatment of the following infections in adults:

  • Complicated intra abdominal infections;
  • Acute pyelonephritis;
  • Complicated urinary tract infections;
  • Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP), including ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP).

Consideration should be given to official guidance on the appropriate use of antibacterial agents.

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