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We will get to the new Hoberman study[1] in a moment, but first a bit of background. AOM, AECS and AECB were labeled indications for antibiotics in the 80s and 90s but were summarily thrown out from the indication catalogue shortly after the 1998 FDA Guidelines were published. The arguments Continue reading Is the AOM Indication Making a Come-Back?
Cempra received a complete response letter (CRL) as a X-mas present from FDA, and the news was pretty bad for company investors. Bad, but not totally unexpected after the AMDAC meeting last November, which taught us a few new things about the drug. It also highlighted how strategic missteps can Continue reading Omissions – Commissions – Errors – Blunders – Solithromycin
It is interesting to see how often a discussion of study results moves from microbiology to clinical significance to statistical analysis details. When an antibiotic is not evaluated on the basis of its antimicrobial activity but on its ability to change a clinically relevant measure (the “feel, function, survive” mantra Continue reading Aradigm Lost in ORBIT – Hayward, We Have a Problem