Healthcare Professionals News jobs Media NL NL FR YOUR HEALTH OUR MEDICINES RESEARCH AND INNOVATION ABOUT US WORKING AT PFIZER YOUR HEALTH / Diseases and therapeutic areas / Infectious diseases INFECTIOUS DISEASES Anti-infective treatments are the cornerstone of our modern medicine. They include antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, and antiparasitic drugs that are all aimed at treating or preventing infections. These anti-infective treatments have revolutionized healthcare, in particular by enabling the treatment or prevention of serious diseases such as pneumonia, tuberculosis or AIDS. Pfizer now has more than 80 anti-infective drugs and vaccines and continues to look for opportunities to expand this treatment offering. In addition to anti-infective treatments, Pfizer also offers anti-inflammatory drugs, such as corticosteroids, that aim to control inflammation, counteract allergic reactions, or suppress the immune system's harmful actions. [1] Our approach also includes the preventive fight against antimicrobial resistance (AMR). This resistance allows micro-organisms (such as bacteria) to survive treatment with a drug (e.g. an antibiotic). We are conducting this preventive struggle through awareness campaigns, but also through vaccination. Did you know that : Pfizer played a very important medical role during World War II by being the first to mass-produce penicillin , an antibiotic needed to treat the wounded soldiers. Sources CANCER RARE DISEASES INFLAMMATORY DISEASES INFECTIOUS DISEASES About Corticosteroids About anti-infectives CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS YOUR HEALTH ABOUT CORTICOSTEROIDS YOUR HEALTH ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE (AMR) RELATED ARTICLES MEET THE SUPER MICROBES YOUR HEALTH THINK FUNGUS : FUNGAL DISEASE AWARENESS WEEK YOUR HEALTH Healthy living Diseases and therapeutic areas OUR MEDICINES AZ Types of medicines Drug availability Report an adverse event RESEARCH AND INNOVATION Drug development Our medicines in development gene therapy ABOUT US Pfizer in Belgium Pfizer in Luxembourg Our mission Commitment Partners Transparency WORKING AT PFIZER Values jobs Our daily life CONTACTS JOBS(EXTERNE LINK) NEWS AND MEDIA INVESTORS(EXTERNE LINK) PFIZER FOR PROFESSIONALS SUPPLIERS CHANGE REGION(EXTERNE LINK) (EXTERNE LINK) (EXTERNE LINK) (EXTERNE LINK) (EXTERNE LINK) TERMS OF USE PRIVACY POLICY(EXTERNE LINK) COOKIES(EXTERNE LINK)