QIDP Drug Update – Part 2:  Categories of Interest

According to Janet Woodcock, 63 drugs have been given the “QIDP” designation so far. Our inofficial list has 61 drugs, of which we believe only 57 are still in active clinical development.  So we are in fairly close agreement. That may seem like an impressive record but it is also Continue reading QIDP Drug Update – Part 2:  Categories of Interest

Sulfonamides Revisited, With an Emphasis on Dapsone

The sulfonamide moiety is a remarkable structure giving rise to diverse drugs in arious therapeutic areas such as antibiotics, antidiabetics, diuretics and anti-inflammatory agents. In regards to antibiotics, sulfonamides are in common use as antifungals (P. jiroveci), antiparasitics (toxoplasmosis, cyclospora, isospora, malaria) antibacterials (including against nocardia and certain ones causing STDs) Continue reading Sulfonamides Revisited, With an Emphasis on Dapsone

A Patch? YES – A Fix? NO: This Emperor Has No Clothes

The NIH Department of HHS released its Final Rule on “Clinical Trials Registration and Results Information Submission” [1]. This Rule is meant to address frustrating maintenance and compliance issues in the ClinicalTrials.gov database, especially the results reporting section which has been neglected or totally ignored, (we commented on this in Continue reading A Patch? YES – A Fix? NO: This Emperor Has No Clothes