FDA analysis of 40-years of antibacterial development: Dheman et al.
Dear All (and with thanks to Kevin Outterson for co-authoring this newsletter), Just out in CID is a paper in which FDA analyzes trends in
30 June 2020 No Comments
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De-risking vaccine development: Insights spanning decades of experience
Dear All (with thanks to Vega Masignani for co-authoring this newsletter), While the work needed to create new antibacterial agents is the primary topic of
21 September 2025 No Comments
Language matters: CRE vs. CPE; SDD vs. I; and MDR, XDR, PDR, UDR vs. DTR
Note: See also these related newsletters: 13 Jan 2019 on DTR as part of the language of resistance, 7 Jun 2020 on using DTR to estimate
20 February 2020 No Comments
Non-traditional antibiotics: A pipeline review and an analysis of key development challenges
Dear All, Non-traditional alternatives to antibiotics have excited a lot of interest in the past few years but we’ve seen relatively few of these progress
6 August 2019 No Comments
Impact of PASTEUR: 9.9m lives saved, ROI of 125:1
Dear All (and with thanks to Kevin Outterson for being lead author on this newsletter), (wonkish alert on this one … refresh your coffee and
29 November 2022 No Comments
FDA workshop: Insights on inhaled antifungals and antibacterials
Dear All (wonkish alert … coffee up!), FDA held a workshop on 25 Sep 2020 on development of inhaled antifungal (AF) therapies with a focus
18 October 2020 No Comments
How hard (and how) to Pull? Net value of Pull via a Transferrable Exclusivity Extension (TEE)
Dear All (wonkish alert … get your coffee!), EFPIA have recently released a report estimating the value of a Transferable Exclusivity Extension (TEE, report, press
2 October 2022 No Comments
The 6 meanings of “Lack of Access” (UNSLAP)
Dear All, We often talk about the problem of lack of access to new antibiotics. In late 2021, for example, we explored data showing that multi-year
1 December 2024 No Comments
Plazomicin (Achaogen) financial post-mortem: #PassPASTEUR
Dear All (and with thanks to Kevin for co-authoring and also a wonkish alert … get your coffee and settle in for the details), If
14 October 2024 No Comments
Lancet: 10-20-30 targets to address AMR by 2030
Dear All (wonkish alert … but definitely worth the effort! Refill your coffee!),Ramanan Laxminarayan and about 40 colleagues from around the world have just published in
23 May 2024 No Comments