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.

Monday, March 30, 2020

Coronavirus - the US Debacle (Part 1)

We have now locked ourselves down for the last two weeks. Happily, we’re not in New York City. But we are unable to read the news every...

Monday, March 23, 2020

Coronavirus - My Secret Hope

Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that cause disease in animals and humans. They were discovered as a cause of the common cold mo...

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Coronavirus and Tetraphase

Obvious from the title, today’s blog is going to ramble a bit. I don’t apologize. Everyone is very excited about the start of coronav...

Friday, March 13, 2020

Coronavirus - an Event Foreseen

The coronavirus pandemic we are experiencing today has been contemp lated by some of the world’s best scientists for at least the last 30 y...

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Long Term Care - the Achilles Heel of American Healthcare

The Achilles Heel of our healthcare system is our long-term care facilities. I don’t care if we’re talking about flu, coronavirus or resist...

Thursday, February 20, 2020

Stewardship vs. Financial Incentives - a False Choice

In researching the current status of pull incentives for antibiotic research and development in Europe I came across an ongoing tensio...

Thursday, January 30, 2020

AMR - Where are the Professional Societies?

I have written two blogs relevant to today’s discussion. In one , I decry the absence of guidelines from professional s...

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