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.

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Antibiotics in the News

The NIH recently reported an outbreak at the NIH hospitals where 11 patients died with infection caused by a KPC carbape...

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Fluoroquinolones - More Toxic than Ketek?

An article just published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal suggests that, at least among patients older than 65 years of age,...

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Rebooting Hospital Acquired Pneumonia at FDA.

As I mentioned in my last blog , I was recently invited to participate in another meeting with the FDA at the Brookings Institution. A...

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Rebooting Pneumonia at the FDA

I was recently invited to participate in another meeting with the FDA at the Brookings Institution. At the last meeting (summa...

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Antibiotic Uppers

I was inspired this week by a few news articles and blogs that appeared recently. One in particular was a piece by Mar...

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Innovative Medicines Initiative Explained

GUEST BLOGGERS - DAVID PAYNE AND KIM BROWN of GSK. When David sent us an email with ‘does anybody understand IMI ?’ we fe...

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Europe Leads the Way!

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has just released their long-awaited addendum to the antibacterial guidance they released late las...

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