QIDP Drugs – 4th Edition

>>> For the latest QIDP list, please click HERE  <<< Since our last QIDP blog from April 8, 2015, several new drugs have made the list which now includes 41 compounds. Below a table which includes compound, sponsor and development stage (Phase). It Continue reading QIDP Drugs – 4th Edition

The Difficult Transition Into Phase 3

Preclinical and early clinical development is expensive enough already for VC companies but it gets really expensive in Phase 3.  Hence, not surprisingly, few small companies tackle Phase 3 programs on their own.  Unless an ‘angel investor’ with deep pockets Continue reading The Difficult Transition Into Phase 3

BC-3781 Passes Phase 2 with Flying Colors, Readies for Phase 3

The pleuromutilins are a relatively ‘old’ class of antibiotics that have seen much use in veterinary but not in human medicine.  According to EMA, Tiamulin is an “essential antibiotic” for the control of dysentery in pigs which is caused by Continue reading BC-3781 Passes Phase 2 with Flying Colors, Readies for Phase 3