TXA-709 –  New Kid on the Block

When searching for FtsZ inhibitors on PubMed, there are 187 hits. When narrowing down the search looking for clinical trials only, there are none. Taxis Pharmaceuticals obtained QIDP status for its candidate drug TXA-709 in late 2016 and it is still in preclinical testing. The drug’s target, bacterial replication machinery Continue reading TXA-709 –  New Kid on the Block

CDC Report on Pan-Resistant NDM Klebsiella in Nevada– A Sad Tale

During the past few weeks the case of a patient with MDR Klebsiella infection has made the news. We are told that this particular pathogen is “resistant to 26 antibiotics”. We were informed that the patient had multiple prior hospitalizations in India, supposedly the origin of the uncontrolled untreatable infection. Continue reading CDC Report on Pan-Resistant NDM Klebsiella in Nevada– A Sad Tale

Is the AOM Indication Making a Come-Back?

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?