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Azithromycin or placebo tablets — Competitive Intelligence Brief

Azithromycin or placebo tablets (Azithromycin or placebo tablets) competitive landscape: 6 comparators, recent regulatory actions, upcoming PDUFA, patent timeline. Class: Macrolide antibiotic. Area: Infectious Disease; Respiratory/Immunology (in investigational use).

marketed Macrolide antibiotic Bacterial 50S ribosomal subunit Infectious Disease; Respiratory/Immunology (in investigational use) Small molecule Live · refreshed every 30 min

Target snapshot

Azithromycin or placebo tablets (Azithromycin or placebo tablets) — Rigshospitalet, Denmark. Azithromycin is a macrolide antibiotic that inhibits bacterial protein synthesis by binding to the 50S ribosomal subunit.

Comparator set (6 drugs)

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DrugGenericSponsorPhaseClassTargetApproval / PDUFA
Azithromycin or placebo tablets TARGET Azithromycin or placebo tablets Rigshospitalet, Denmark marketed Macrolide antibiotic Bacterial 50S ribosomal subunit
Azithromycin Oral Product Azithromycin Oral Product Thomas Jefferson University marketed Macrolide antibiotic Bacterial 50S ribosomal subunit
Azithropycin according to symptoms Azithropycin according to symptoms University Hospital, Montpellier marketed Macrolide antibiotic Bacterial 50S ribosomal subunit (23S rRNA)
Erythromycin, Azithromycin , Clarithromycin Erythromycin, Azithromycin , Clarithromycin Baqiyatallah Medical Sciences University marketed Macrolide antibiotic Bacterial 50S ribosomal subunit
Azithromycin Ophthalmic Solution, 1% Azithromycin Ophthalmic Solution, 1% Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC marketed Macrolide antibiotic Bacterial 50S ribosomal subunit
AzaSite® AzaSite® Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC marketed Macrolide antibiotic Bacterial 50S ribosomal subunit
Azithromycin 1 gram IV Azithromycin 1 gram IV Thomas Jefferson University marketed Macrolide antibiotic Bacterial 50S ribosomal subunit

Recent regulatory actions (last 90 days)

No regulatory actions in the last 90 days for this set.

Upcoming PDUFA dates (next 180 days)

No PDUFA dates in the next 180 days for this set.

Patent timeline (forward window)

No upcoming patent expiries for this set.

Sponsor landscape (Macrolide antibiotic class)

  1. Pfizer · 6 drugs in this class
  2. Grünenthal GmbH · 4 drugs in this class
  3. Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC · 3 drugs in this class
  4. University of Taubate · 2 drugs in this class
  5. Lihir Medical Centre · 2 drugs in this class
  6. Thomas Jefferson University · 2 drugs in this class
  7. Copenhagen Studies on Asthma in Childhood · 1 drug in this class
  8. Ain Shams Maternity Hospital · 1 drug in this class
  9. Celltrion · 1 drug in this class
  10. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 1 drug in this class

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Cite this brief

Drug Landscape (2026). Azithromycin or placebo tablets — Competitive Intelligence Brief. https://druglandscape.com/ci/azithromycin-or-placebo-tablets. Accessed 2026-05-16.

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