Eravacycline Conference Call: Unrevealing and Disappointing

Whatever has become of investigative journalism?  All we read after the Stifel conference call (11/17/2015) is descriptive rehash of information provided by Tetraphase at the conference.  No probing questions that we thought investors would ask who just lost 80% of their money.  No signs of analytical or strategic readjustment at Continue reading Eravacycline Conference Call: Unrevealing and Disappointing

After ICAAC: Some More Thoughts on Eravacycline in cUTI and IGNITE-2

When a well-designed pivotal Phase 3 trial fails to show NI, it demands an explanation.  While awaiting the company’s analysis of the data, many possible explanations are bandied about.  So it was not surprising that the eravacycline cUTI study (IGNITE-2) was mentioned quite often during ICAAC 2015, in sessions and Continue reading After ICAAC: Some More Thoughts on Eravacycline in cUTI and IGNITE-2

Mme Erava and The Mysterious Case of Auto-Combustion

SH: My dear Watson, did you read the news of the astonishing debacle that befell Mme Erava and made the headlines, creating anxiety of hitherto unknown proportions in Tetraland? Dr.W.: A disaster of epic proportions, for sure, and a mystery, an explanation which will require some very expert investigation. There is Continue reading Mme Erava and The Mysterious Case of Auto-Combustion