Research
Several derivatives of vancomycin are currently being developed, including oritavancin and dalbavancin. Possessing longer half-lives than vancomycin, these newer candidates may demonstrate improvements over vancomycin due to less frequent dosing and activity against vancomycin-resistant bacteria.
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