FDA approves first ever pill for fecal transplants
Currently, most fecal transplants are provided by a network of stool banks that have popped up at medical institutions and hospitals across the country.
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Currently, most fecal transplants are provided by a network of stool banks that have popped up at medical institutions and hospitals across the country.
The new treatment provides a simpler, rigorously tested version of stool-based procedures that some medical specialists have used for more than a decade to help patients.
Recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection can be treated with fecal microbiota transplants. FDA approval of Seres Therapeutics’ Vowst makes it the first oral microbiome therapy.
Last year, a competing pharmaceutical company, Ferring Pharmaceuticals, submitted the first medication in pharmaceutical-grade form to the FDA for approval.
Seres Therapeutics and Nestlé Health Science have received approval from the US FDA for Vowst to prevent recurrence of CDI.