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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
Sometimes an article pops up addressing a question we have been mulling over for quite some time. It so happened with a recent publication which shed new light on penem dosing for ICU patients[1]. Conducted at a single Belgian centre Continue reading Meropenem Dosing for VAP: High + Prolonged Beats Conventional Dosing
Solomkin et al. conclude that the efficacy and safety of eravacycline compares favorably to the control drug, ertapenem.[1] This top-level assessment is made with the usual caveats (insufficient statistical power, small sample size), but a few points deserve comment. Eravacycline Continue reading Some Thoughts about Eravacycline Based on the Phase 2 cIAI Study