John Rex

17 April 2023: FREE Masterclass from FDA / CARB-X wants you!

Dear All, Two quick items today. First, FDA have announced an Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee on 17 April 2023 (9a-4.30p ET). The committee will “discuss new drug application (NDA) 216974, for sulbactam-durlobactam for injection, submitted by Entasis Therapeutics, Inc. The Applicant’s proposed indication is for the treatment of infections due to Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex including multidrug-resistant and

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WHO 2023 Pipeline Update: Share Your Preclinical Antibacterial Projects!

Dear All, As you know, WHO updates their preclinical and clinical pipeline summaries at regular intervals. The most current reviews are summarized on https://amr.solutions/pathogens-and-pipelines/. These excellent summaries are invaluable for researchers of all types and are also used to inform policy work. There is now a call to for current information on antibacterial pre-clinical projects. Go here

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PASTEUR: Sign a letter to make it happen this year!

Dear All, As all regular readers of this newsletter know, I think that creation of suitable Pull incentives by passage of the PASTEUR Act in the United States is THE key to building a vibrant pipeline of products to address the international problem of AMR. PASTEUR came very close to passage at the end of 2022 …

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JPIAMR Diagnostics Call / James Bond’s occupational exposures

Dear All, A short one today! Please peruse both the funding opportunities and upcoming meetings just below my signature. Of special note: Building on the call in the recent biodefense-focused BAA from NIAID for diagnostic applications, JPIAMR is also looking for diagnostic applications (7 Mar deadline). Very interesting 2 Mar 2023 Duke-Margolis webinar entitled “Data Capture

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NIAID BAA – Biodefense focus / Fireside Chat on diagnostics and more

Dear All, We are swimming in Broad Agency Announcements aka BAAs! As a refresher, I recently shared a BAA from the CDC and one from BARDA — now we have another one from NIAID! There’s a strong biodefense angle here with lots of scope. Key details of each opportunity are as follows and I highly recommend you check

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LPAD/Limited Use insights; NI margins for TB and candidiasis

Dear All,  I want to call your attention to next week’s AMDAC (Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee) for rezafungin. This meeting is Tue 24 Jan 2023, 9a-4.30p ET and the meeting materials are provided here.  Rezafungin is an antifungal but please don’t let that dissuade you from attending: this AMDAC promises to be an important discussion

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CDC BAA: Surveillance, endpoints for decolonization, and more…

Dear All, Greetings in the new year! I just tonight picked up on this fascinating BAA (Broad Agency Announcement) from CDC: BAA 75D301-23-R-72545 as described on this general overview webpage: https://sam.gov/opp/15229982f7c348f69fd35e9a0add8aba/view The BAA itself  Timeline: Initial white papers (max 4 pages, see page 76 of the BAA for details) are due by 3 Feb 2023; Invitations for

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Application calls! ENABLE-2, BARDA BAA! Ho, ho, ho!

Dear All, Two funding opportunities to call to your attention! First, ENABLE-2 has just launched an Open Call for antibacterial programs throughout Europe. The ENABLE-2 platform supports the development of direct-acting systemic antibacterial compounds (potentiator molecules are also in scope, e.g. β-lactamase inhibitors) by providing experimental support and expert advice. The goal of ENABLE-2 is

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