Dear All, Building on the ATLAS database (link) that provides open access to data from 2004 to the present out of the multiple surveillance programs that Pfizer has run over that interval, Wellcome Trust and Pfizer have just announced that the underlying database will also be used to support SPIDAAR (Surveillance Partnership to Improve Data
Note: See also these related newsletters: 13 Jan 2019 (link) on DTR as part of the language of resistance and 7 June 2020 (link) on using DTR to estimate antibiotic value. There is also a 5-minute DTR explainer on YouTube that you might find useful. Dear All (wonk-ish note alert!), Three technical points for your consideration
Note: See also these related newsletters: 20 Feb 2020 (link) on DTR as part of the language of resistance and 7 June 2020 (link) on using DTR to estimate antibiotic value. There is also a 5-minute DTR explainer on YouTube that you might find useful. Dear All: When thinking about studies of resistant pathogens, issues
Dear All, During the 18-19 Nov 2019 FDA-IDSA-NIAID-Pew workshop on ways to enhance antibacterial research (link), we spent some time discussing the slow pace of updates to most guidelines. With the notable exception of the rapid guidance updates used in the HCV community (link), most guidelines are updated infrequently and each update feels like a Herculean
Dear All, As those of us who have had the privilege of standing at the bedside and delivering care know first hand, the magical power of a safe and effective antimicrobial agent is little short of magic. Sometimes, the (nearly) dead can get up and walk! With that idea in mind, I was just blown
Dear All: As you will hopefully recall from November 2019, Theuretzbacher et al. published a review of the preclinical pipeline that summarized data on 407 companies active in the preclinical R&D space during the window Sep 2016 through 1 May 2019. Go here for the newsletter about that paper and go here for my master summary
Dear All, Well, I think we can all agree that being grounded and shut away by COVID-19 is not exactly what any of us had in mind this spring! I certainly miss seeing everyone at the various events and I hope you are all keeping safe. But, staying home does offer a bit of time
Dear All (and with thanks to Kevin Outterson for co-authoring this newsletter), The recent discussions of the NICE/NHS England pilot subscription model (detailed newsletter plus follow-up FAQ newsletter) and a new paper by Chantal Morel and colleagues on the idea of an Antibiotic Susceptibility Bonus (ASB, link) bring to the fore the question of how to value any given
Dear All, 3 Apr 2020 update: Significant additional details on the pilot were shared via a 29 Mar 2020 webinar (link to newsletter) and then a FAQ document (link to newsletter). The game is definitely afoot! The hoofbeats of the cavalry bringing us the UK NHS antibiotic subscription model are definitely getting louder! As you
Note that there is a follow-up newsletter that covers a post-webinar FAQ. After reading this newsletter as introduction, please go here for the follow-up newsletter. Dear All (and with thanks to Kevin Outterson for co-authoring this newsletter), Prior newsletters have covered the antibiotic evaluation procurement pilot being run by NICE and NHS England (go here for the