QIDP Drug Update – Part 1: An Updated Who Is Who

It is time for a new look at the field of QIDP drugs. Today we are providing an updated searchable database which now has 57 entries. (Status: 10/18/16) Despite best efforts to provide accurate information, errors may have crept in. Please let us know if you detect mistakes. We will make corrections or post Continue reading QIDP Drug Update – Part 1: An Updated Who Is Who

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

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

Solithromycin CAP Study:  Cap the Details (in the Publication)

In a recent publication, the results of a large Phase 3 trial comparing solithromycin with moxifloxacin in the treatment of CAP are presented [1]. As this was a global registration trial, we should refer to the indication as CABP, the current FDA acronym for a very defined entity which has some Continue reading Solithromycin CAP Study:  Cap the Details (in the Publication)