FDA Exploring Limited-Use Approvals For Antibiotics Based On Small Development Programs
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
The agency would like to have a “special medical use” category for drugs, such as antibiotics for bacteria resistant to current therapies, that could be approved based on small trials and whose labeling says they should not be prescribed off-label.
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