Antibiotic Development: Where Wall Street Guidance Is Watching FDA Guidances
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
FDA's effort to create a clearer path for antibiotic development has produced a series of new guidance documents. Those guidances are making some products in development look well-positioned for regulatory review, and rekindling the interest on Wall Street in specialty antibiotic firms. This article first appeared in the May 2011 issue of The RPM Report.
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