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.

Thursday, July 30, 2015

AZ's New Business Unit

Buried in a press release (you have to download the press release from this link) dedicated to AZ’s progress on multiple fronts is the...

Saturday, July 18, 2015

The Wellcome Trust and Diagnostics

I had the honor and pleasure of attending a Wellcome Trust meeting for the last few days looking at the medical need and potential utili...

Wednesday, July 8, 2015

The Birth of Entasis

Last week, Entasis announced its birth as the spin-off from AstraZeneca’s antibiotics research group came to fruition. The officers of ...

Monday, June 29, 2015

Antibiotic Incentives - Marketing vs. Education

“What have you been doing for the last two weeks?” you ask. I’ve been waiting for news on the antibiotic front. The G7 came out with a...

Friday, June 12, 2015

Pharmaceutical Companies are not Public Health Agencies

A recent article in the New York Times aroused my ire (it happens more and more often these days). The article is about the stance of th...

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