FDA's New Skin Infection Endpoint Needs Refinement, Advisory Panel Says
Executive Summary
The new endpoint proposed in FDA’s recent acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections guidance – cessation of lesion spread – needs further refinement to be a reliable assessment of antibiotic efficacy, according to members of the agency’s Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory Committee.
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