The Challenge of Antibacterial Drug Development

San Diego, CA (March 18-19, 2008)

The conference is designed to bring together top level scientists from the academic, pharmaceutical and biotech fields to define and refine the path of developing novel antibacterials.

Topics to be covered in this conference:

* Emerging resistance   * Novel drugs – Novel concepts   * MRSA   * Gram-negative bacteria   * Natural products   * Emerging threats   * PK/PD   * Screening for novel antibacterials   * Lead optimization (chemical and /or biological perspective)   * Assays and biological   * Modeling (in vivo and in vitro)   * Emerging targets   * Novel drug design and emerging technologies

More: http://www.healthtech.com/bac/overview.aspx?c=694