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.

Friday, February 24, 2012

Groundhog Day - Urinary Tract Infection at the FDA

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Cover via Amazon Image via Wikipedia Its Groundhog Day at the FDA!  Urinary tract infections and intraabdominal infections are key indicati...
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Thursday, February 16, 2012

Antibiotic Breakpoints, FDA, CLSI, EUCAST etc.

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One of the most important issues in the development and marketing of a new antibiotic is the breakpoint that is ultimately assigned by the r...
Thursday, February 9, 2012

Speaking of Antibiotic Task Forces

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In my last blog I reviewed a number of committees and taskforces on antibiotics and antibiotic resistance in which I have partici...
Friday, February 3, 2012

Another Taskforce Bites the Dust!

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Cover via Amazon Cover via Amazon I don’t know how I missed this, but the Transatlantic Taskforce on Antimicrobial Resistance published its...
Sunday, January 29, 2012

Community Antibiotics - Juice vs. Squeeze?

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Here it is Sunday, and I have been obsessing on the following conundrum.   (I need therapy)!   I have been railing against the cu...
Friday, January 20, 2012

Antibiotics, Big Pharma and Deals

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There is a good deal of speculation in the trade press that large pharmaceutical companies are looking for deals – especially ex-US.   T...
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Thursday, January 12, 2012

Antibiotic Development - EU vs. US.

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Image via Wikipedia Image via Wikipedia The European Medicines Agency has now released its new guidance on the development of antibacterial...
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