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This is a somewhat nostalgic retro blog. I was leafing through a book by Vince Andriole called ‘The Quinolones’.[1] First released in 1988, its third edition is from 2000. It provided in-depth coverage of quinolone chemistry, PK, microbiology, efficacy and safety. It was a great review of the large and Continue reading ANTIBIOTIC DEVELOPMENT IN PHARMA IS DEAD – FOR NOW
This December, Achaogen released much data on 2 plazomicin trials[1]: the pivotal EPIC study comparing plazomicin / levofloxacin with meropenem / levofloxacin in cUTI is the one we want to look at today because it is interpretable, while the other trial called CARE is not. CARE is one of those observational Continue reading All Smiles at the Press Conference: Plazo+Levo Delivers
A recent paper by Thabit describes a curious finding [1]. The authors measured total and free (i.e., nonprotein-bound) eravacycline levels at ascending doses in a mouse model. They found strikingly small increases in free drug levels when titrating up total doses. The effect was rather dramatic: an increase in protein binding from 12% Continue reading Timely New Information on Next-Generation Tetracyclines – Part 2: Eravacycline and Protein Binding