Sulopenem uUTI – Does It Suffice?

Sulopenem / ORLYNVAH approved for uUTI When Iterum, a Pfizer spin-off of sorts, took over sulopenem development in 2015, there was still hope for approvals of this drug in multiple indications such as uUTI, cUTI, cIAI and even CABP.  Ten years later and after an FDA rejection CRL in 2021, Continue reading Sulopenem uUTI – Does It Suffice?

BLUJEPA / Gepotidacin APPROVED FOR UNCOMPLICATED UTI – 1

GSK’s pipeline in anti-infectives is impressive. It comprises drugs for bacterial, mycobacterial, fungal, viral infections, and for malaria; in addition, they have a number of vaccines in development.  Several antibiotics are listed on their website targeting UTI pathogens, and one of them was just approved, namely gepotidacin / Blujepa, a Continue reading BLUJEPA / Gepotidacin APPROVED FOR UNCOMPLICATED UTI – 1

Gepotidacin ABSSSI – How to Fail Adaptively,

Study Design in ABSSSI – A Statistician’s Delight The design of the O’Riordan ABSSI study [1] deserves comment.  This was a double-blind study of 2 lower dose arms (Part 1) with an add-on open-label (Part 2) high-dose arm. The pimary endpoint was a non-standard composite efficacy and safety endpoint that Continue reading Gepotidacin ABSSSI – How to Fail Adaptively,