GC Therapy –  Shooting for the Stars

Besides ceftriaxone (CTRIAX), cefixime and spectinomycin we have no other highly effective single-dose treatment regimens for urogenital GC. Failures of all 3 drugs have been described but remain rare, can be overcome with higher doses of CTRIAX (1 g instead of 250 mg IM) or with azithromycin combination therapy. Worse Continue reading GC Therapy –  Shooting for the Stars

Efficacy and Treatment Duration: Where is the Tipping Point?

Development pf antibacterials differs in several important ways from drug development in other areas, and the lack of standard dose-finding is just one of them. Dose-finding in its most basic form involves ascending amounts of drug for efficacy and safety; for antibiotics, however, an effective dose can be predicted nowadays Continue reading Efficacy and Treatment Duration: Where is the Tipping Point?

QIDP, a Liberal Hand-Out from FDA

On our blog site, ‘QIDP’ stands for “Qualified Infectious Diseases Product” but when you look up ‘QIDP’ on the internet, you will find that it also stands for “Qualified Intellectual Disabilities Professional”. Looking at the more recent crop of ID products that garnered QIDP status, you wonder whether there is Continue reading QIDP, a Liberal Hand-Out from FDA