Addendum: This is the first in a 3-newsletters series on this topic. Go here and here for the next two newsletters. Finally, the results of the STRIVE trial have been published as Hassanzadeh et al. in Clinical Infectious Diseases, ciad218, https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciad218. Dear All:  I just learned that FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Committee (VRBPAC) will meet at

Addendum: This is the second in a 3-newsletters series on this topic. Go here for the first newsletter and here for the final newsletter. Finally, the results of the STRIVE trial have been published as Hassanzadeh et al. in Clinical Infectious Diseases, ciad218, https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciad218. Dear All:  I wrote on 19 Oct 2017 about the meeting on 7 Nov 2017

Addendum: This is the third in a series of newsletters on IM bacitracin. Go here for the prior newsletter and here for the 4th and final newsletter. Aside: I can’t comment on it in detail today, but do note that IACG (Interagency Coordination Group on AMR) have just released their final report to the UN Secretary

Addendum: This is the second in a series of newsletters on IM bacitracin. Go here for the prior newsletter and here for the next newsletter. Dear All: Two somewhat overlapping ideas at the start of the week: First, FDA today announced a funding opportunity and Request for Applications (RFA) for studies that can help target and define durations

Addendum: This is the first of a series of newsletters on IM bacitracin. Go here for the next newsletter. Dear All: FDA has announced that on 26 April (8:30a-1:00p) it will have an Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee to “… discuss the safety and effectiveness of bacitracin for intramuscular injection for the treatment of infants with pneumonia and