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, July 29, 2016

Money for New Antibiotics - What Could be Wrong with That?

I was beaming with pride in those who worked to bring the public-private effort to fund a major new effort in the discovery and developme...

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

FDA Workshop on Pathogen-Specific Antibiotics - Part 2

To continue our discussion of the FDA Workshop on the development of pathogen-specific antibiotics, I’ll start briefly with a discussion ...

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

FDA Workshop on Pathogen-Specific Antibiotic Development - Part 1

For the last two days, July 18-19, I was pleased to be able to attend a fascinating FDA Workshop on the development of antibiotics for us...

Sunday, July 3, 2016

Brexit Antibiotics

The question of the meaning of the Brexit for the future of antibiotics has been haunting me since the surprising result of the referendu...

Thursday, June 16, 2016

Antibiotic Incentives - What's Missing?

In a word – training. I’m beginning to feel like a broken record. I’ve been talking to various funding agencies about this need for 12 ye...

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