Antibiotics - The Perfect Storm

We need new antibiotics to fight infections caused by resistant bacteria. But the marketplace, the structure of the pharmaceutical industry, regulatory agencies, and difficult science are conspiring to deny us the products we need. This blog will present perspectives and developments in the fight for new antibiotics.

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

The Regulators

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According to an interview by the Wall Street Journal with Thomas Lonngren, the outgoing Executive Director of EMEA, pharmaceutical compani...
Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Timeout!

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At this time of year, my thoughts turn to others – one in particular.   No – its not cholera in Haiti.   Many years ago, when infectious...
Thursday, December 16, 2010

Superbugs and NXL-104

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Image via Wikipedia You know there is trouble brewing when the latest superbug hits the New England Journal of Medicine.  That’s just wha...
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Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Antibiotics and the FDA - Where are we?

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Janeen Interlandi just published an interesting article in Newsweek where she explores the perfect storm we are facing over the future of a...
Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Paul Ambrose on the FDA's Skin Infection Guidance

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This is a post submitted by Paul Ambrose (with a few comments by yours truly). Ambrose et. al. suggested to the FDA an others that ther...
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

More Bad News from Neverland. The FDA Guidance on Nosocomial Pneumonia.

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Image via Wikipedia The FDA has just released its new Draft guidance on clinical trial design for antibacterial drugs in the treatment of ...
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Ear Infections - Round 2

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Image via Wikipedia A recent article appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association regarding the treatment of infections of ...
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