Where are the Chloramphenicol Derivatives?

The 1st edition of Mandell’s textbook ‘Principles and Practice of Infectious Disease’ was published in 1979.  It has grown ever since in size and numbers of chapters.  Now in its 10th edition, it is and remains an impressive publication, a 2-volume set, a comprehensive reference textbook, kept up-to-date with periodic Continue reading Where are the Chloramphenicol Derivatives?

A Renaissance for Old Drugs: Fosfomycin and Colistin

Fosfomycin Who would have thought that a drug that has been around since 1969 [2] could become eligible for QIDP status in 2015? Well, Zavante Therapeutics recently garnered the coveted QIDP designation for fosfomycin IV. This formulation has been available in Europe for a quite some time but not in the Continue reading A Renaissance for Old Drugs: Fosfomycin and Colistin

Nominating Thiamphenicol for IDSA’s 10 x ’20 Campaign

If you were developing a new antibiotic with a novel MoA, one that covers most GPC, most GNR, most anaerobes and atypicals, including many MDR pathogens like MRSA, enterococci (both E. faecalis and E. faecium), and one that has also activity against rickettsiae and bioterrorism agents, you would consider it a Continue reading Nominating Thiamphenicol for IDSA’s 10 x ’20 Campaign