Dear All: Following the precept (often attributed to Osler, but I can’t find it in his Principles and Practice 1892) that the 3 core elements of treatment are “diagnosis, diagnosis, and diagnosis,” FIND (Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics) is an international non-profit organization that enables the development and delivery of diagnostic tests for poverty-related diseases, including TB, malaria,

Dear All: The US Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antimicrobial Resistant Bacteria (PACCARB) has released a request for information (RFI) in which it seeks comments on priority actions for the future. Here is the link to the Federal Register notice: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/11/23/2018-25435/notice-of-request-for-information-a-notice-by-the-presidential-advisory-council-on-combating In brief, PACCARB has pursued these 5 goals from the first US National Action

Dear All, BARDA is (yet again!) pushing the envelope with novel ways to support innovation. Their DRIVe group has just released an RFI in which they request input on their plans to create a VC-like mechanism through a third party to support innovation in the MCM (medical countermeasure) space. Go here for the complete RFI, but I’ll reproduce a