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Review
. 2010 Aug 1;51 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):S150-70.
doi: 10.1086/653065.

Recommended design features of future clinical trials of antibacterial agents for hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia

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Recommended design features of future clinical trials of antibacterial agents for hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia

Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) et al. Clin Infect Dis. .

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  • Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Nov 1;51(9):1114
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Conflict of interest statement

Potential conflicts of interest. B.S. has received consulting fees from Pfizer, Merck, Basilea, Arpida, Theravance, Advanced Life Sciences, and The Medicines Company; research support from Astellas, Gilead, Enzon, Novartis, Merck, and Pfizer; and speaker’s honoraria from Merck, Pfizer, and Astellas and owns shares in NovaDigm Therapeutics. Through Talbot Advisors, G.T. has provided consultative services to Actelion, Advanced Life Sciences, Avera, Bausch & Lomb, Calixa, Cempra, Cerexa, Cubist, Ipsat, Middlebrook, Nabriva, PTC, Rib-X, Shire, Targanta, Tetraphase, Theravance, ViroPharma, and Wyeth and owns shares in Calixa and Mpex.

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