The Antifungal Landscape – 2

As many in the field have said before, what we really need are antifungals with a truly novel MoA, not minor changes to well-established classes.[1]  There is a shortage of new antifungals for invasive disease. Small improvements in PK will hardly move the field forward or excite investors to engage. Our current Continue reading The Antifungal Landscape – 2

Draft FDA Guidance for COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS

David Larwood, CEO of VFS, summed it up at the Cocci FDA workshop in 2020: “When the market opportunity is limited, finding investment becomes the key issue”.  He mentioned other problems as well: “Very low patient numbers for disseminated disease, prolonged therapy, NI trial design, definition of clinical outcome”.[1] Clearly, Continue reading Draft FDA Guidance for COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING: Covid-19 Vaccination for Healthy Children

Oh, what a disaster: all the ACIP members were replaced for no good reason, the best and the brightest.  Now children will die as incompetence rules supreme.  The CDC’s guidance on Covid vaccination of healthy kids is being ignored, being made light of and challenged.  We are looking at governmental Continue reading MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING: Covid-19 Vaccination for Healthy Children