The Antifungal Landscape – 2

As many in the field have said before, what we really need are antifungals with a truly novel MoA, not minor changes to well-established classes.[1]  There is a shortage of new antifungals for invasive disease. Small improvements in PK will hardly move the field forward or excite investors to engage. Our current Continue reading The Antifungal Landscape – 2

The Antifungal Landscape – 1

Some newer azoles are still in development, but most only target candidiasis.  Many years ago we saw development of nikkomycin (Nik Z), a drug mainly for coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever).  It has no appreciable activity against candida or aspergillus.  Then there is ibrexafungerp, a promising new agent against C. albicans and Continue reading The Antifungal Landscape – 1

About DIPHTHERIA

The early work on the organism and the toxoid vaccine reads like the ‘Who Is Who’ of microbiology: Klebs, Loeffler, Koch, Roux, Yersin, Behring, Kitasato, Schick, and T. Smith were all involved in bringing this deadly disease under control. In those days bacteria and diseases were referred to by the Continue reading About DIPHTHERIA