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, June 21, 2017

Antibiotics - The Antismoking Campaign!

There is a great deal going on in the antibacterial field. There are several developments on the regulatory front, the science (PK/PD) fr...

Saturday, May 27, 2017

Antibiotic Incentives - Old is New

The Office of Health Economics just released a report on incentives to stimulate antibiotic research and development( I was unable to co...

Monday, May 15, 2017

A Giant Step Forward for Antibiotics for Gram-negatives

Last week, a remarkable paper was published in Nature (subscription required – sorry). The paper is remarkable because it tak...

Monday, May 8, 2017

Antibiotic Development - the IDSA Stands Up!

I take pen (computer keyboard) in hand today along with John Rex who has agreed to be my co-author of this blog. Because John is currently ...

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