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, April 23, 2020

To BARDA with Love

Yesterday we were confronted with the news that Rick Bright, the director, Biomedical Advanced Research Authority (BARDA) and Deputy A...

Monday, April 20, 2020

What Happened to the CDC?

Last week, Tom Frieden, the former Director of the US Centers for Disease Control in the Obama administration, wrote an editorial in th...

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Covid-19 - The US Debacle (Part 2)

In spite of study after study and the writings of expert after expert over the last 25 years, we, as a society, have failed to provide fo...

Monday, April 6, 2020

Vaccines and Therapies for Coronavirus

I thought that this would be a good time to review the various vaccines and therapies being studied to combat the coronavirus pandemic. In...

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...

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