Meetings

FDA workshop: Revising the process for importance-ranking of human antimicrobials to guide their use in animals

Dear All, FDA have announced that they will hold a virtual public workshop on 16 Nov 2020 (9.30a-4.00p EST) entitled “Potential Approach for Ranking of Antimicrobial Drugs According to Their Importance in Human Medicine: A Risk Management Tool for Antimicrobial New Animal Drugs.” Go here for the FR notice, here for extended details, including registration, and here for

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FDA workshop on complex innovative trial designs / WHO consultancy

Dear All, First up today is a very interesting new workshop from FDA on 1-2 Sep entitled “Advancing the Development of Pediatric Therapeutics (ADEPT 7) Complex Innovative Trial Design.” In brief: “The Complex Innovative Trial Design Pilot Meeting Program (CID Program) facilitates and advances the use of complex and innovative trial designs that have the potential

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FDA-NIAID phage workshop / Social distancing in the 1800s

Dear All, This webinar merits a standalone newsletter! If you are thinking (or working on) phage, then please mark your calendar for an FDA (CBER; Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research) workshop entitled: Science and Regulation of Bacteriophage Therapy: August 30, 2021—September 1, 2021 The purpose of the public workshop is to exchange information with the

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IDWeek 2024: Present your novel antimicrobial or diagnostic

Dear All, The IDWeek 2024 program committee is again seeking programs on novel antimicrobial agents and novel diagnostics for presentation in pipeline sessions! Here’s what is sought: “Industry partners are invited to submit antimicrobials that are in preclinical stages of development (Phase II and III preferred) or recently approved after January 2024. “The pipeline sessions will include antibacterials, antifungals, and antivirals (excluding COVID-19 and HIV). “The

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FDA workshop: Animal models to support antibacterial development (5 Mar 2020)

Dear All (moderately long note alert; be sure to note the new list of funding opportunities just below my signature), FDA have announced a public workshop on 5 Mar 2020 to discuss progress and challenges in the development and advancement of various animal models for serious infection. The Federal Register notice is here and registration is here.

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COVID-19 and bacterial infections / New webinars and meeting updates

Dear All: Three brief items for you today.  First up: Perhaps like many of you, I’ve been wondering whether or not COVID-19 and bacterial resistance would begin to cross paths in some fashion. I can’t think of a reason why COVID-19 would directly cause resistance, but use of antibiotics becomes pretty common after you’ve been

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BARDA’s DRIVe goes live; FDA workshop (27 Jun!) on inhaled antibiotics

Dear All: I don’t mean to inundate your inbox (this is my 3rd email this week!), but these two things have just hit my inbox and one of them has very tight timing: First, I previously wrote about job opportunities with BARDA’s new DRIVe initiative. With the goal of revolutionizing the way we prevent, detect, and respond to major health security threats,

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14 June Duke-Margolis workshop + A taxonomy for non-traditional (non-Fleming) antimicrobials

Dear All: (18 June addendum: the materials from the meeting are now posted!) First, planning continues apace for the 14 June Duke-Margolis workshop on non-traditional products. There is now a link for registration, confirmation that the event is going to be webcast, and a draft agenda. Mark your calendar now to attend either in person or via the webcast! Second, I would like to

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