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It started all so well with fanfare and great expectations. Fifteen years ago, the 10 x ’20 initiative got underway. Its goals were spelled out clearly: To ‘Pursue a Global Commitment to Develop 10 New Antibacterial Drugs by 2020 ’[3]. It Continue reading The 10 x ’20 Initiative – A Retrospective
INSMED – NTM The company that is developing Arikayce, a preparation of liposomal amikacin inhalation (LAI), for the treatment of NTM had to withdraw its MAA in Europe earlier this year [1] because data was not convincing enough for regulators to Continue reading Aerosolized Antibiotics (Part 2) – Mixed News on Two Fronts
There is much interest in inhaled antibiotics these days. Prima facie, the logic for this approach is compelling: Getting the antibiotic (and a lot of it) directly to the site of infection, while avoiding systemic toxicity, sounds like optimized efficacy Continue reading Antibiotic Inhalers Galore (Part 1): More Combinations and Permutations than a Rubik’s Cube
“The medicine comes for free, just pay us for the inhaler” should be the marketing slogan for this group of therapeutics. Nebulizers are good business: hard to copy as a delivery system, they are a great opportunity to ‘evergreen’ off-patent Continue reading Aerosolized Antibiotics & Selling Nebulizers