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.

Sunday, October 22, 2017

We Deserve What We Get - But Do Our Children?

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Emerging antibiotic resistance is not going away. MRSA is maybe less common today than it was 20 years ago – but MRSA infections occur in m...
Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Antibiotic Approvals - Is the Glass Half Full?

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Since the reboot of antibiotic development that the US Food and Drug Administration undertook in mid-2012, there has been a clear accelerat...
Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Pull Incentives for Antibiotics - Update

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There have been at least two recent developments on proposals for pull incentives.   One comes from the DRIVE-AB meeting this month and th...
Friday, September 15, 2017

Antibiotics and Climate Change

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What do antibiotics and climate change have in common? We have our heads in sand for both.   If we can’t see it, it won’t hurt us. I wa...
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