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Timely New Information on Next-Generation Tetracyclines – Part 1: Omadacycline and Cardiac AEs

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Several interesting articles appeared recently which shed light on the efficacy of eravacycline and the safety of omadacycline, both in Phase 3 and both in a head-to-head race to the market.  Well, the term ‘race’ is bit of a stretch as both drugs have seen very significant delays in development. Omadacycline from Continue reading Timely New Information on Next-Generation Tetracyclines – Part 1: Omadacycline and Cardiac AEs→

The EpiPen Episode, an Epitaph on Epinephrine as we know it, an Epilogue and an Epiphany

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For a good long time, economists have been thinking about the reimbursement quandary for antibiotics, esp. antibacterials. They are just too cheap, right?  Well, with the exception of HCV and some newer HIV drugs, few compounds have ever reached the stratospheric prices that oncology drugs or TNF alpha inhibitors command. Continue reading The EpiPen Episode, an Epitaph on Epinephrine as we know it, an Epilogue and an Epiphany→

The 10 x ’20 Goal – Are We On Track?

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In the last decade (2000-2010), we saw the number of new antibiotic approvals drop successively each year; FDA changed the rules of the approval process without providing public guidance; many antibiotic companies fled the therapeutic area; investments were redirected to oncology projects which had a much better ROI. The IDSA Continue reading The 10 x ’20 Goal – Are We On Track?→