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In a recent publication, the results of a large Phase 3 trial comparing solithromycin with moxifloxacin in the treatment of CAP are presented [1]. As this was a global registration trial, we should refer to the indication as CABP, the current FDA acronym for a very defined entity which has some Continue reading Solithromycin CAP Study: Cap the Details (in the Publication)
For GC antibiotics, the development path looks like a trip down the road less traveled, leading into some uncharted territory. Let’s take Melinta’s statement [1] at face value according to which the single 900 mg dose of delafloxacin failed because of “insufficient efficacy”. So, what then determines efficacy? Delafloxacin’s MIC90 was Continue reading Treating GC in the Face of Dwindling Antibiotic Options – (2)
The treatment history of N. gonorrhoeae makes for fascinating reading. This organism has always been able to keep the upper hand in the war of bug versus drug. Once susceptible to sulfa drugs, to penicillin, tetracyclines and fluoroquinolones, it sequentially become resistant in the matter of a decade to every Continue reading A GO / NO GO decision: Delafloxacin Stumbles in Gonorrhea Study