Antibiotics: Leveraging Off-Label Efficacy Data Needed To Drive Appropriate Use, Reimbursement
Executive Summary
Clinicians and sponsors want the US FDA to open up antibacterial labeling to include more data on efficacy against resistant pathogens and in other body sites, but regulatory restrictions may require a workaround in the form of rapid, peer-to-peer communications about the data on new products.
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