FDA Must Establish Limits for All Animal Antibiotics

An analysis by The Pew Charitable Trusts identified several actions that FDA should incorporate in order to establish duration limits in a clear, comprehensive, and timely manner. By leveraging existing data from clinical studies for approved drugs, working with drug sponsors to identify data gaps, and supporting targeted new research to establish effective minimum durations of treatment, FDA can still achieve its goal of establishing duration limits before the close of the five-year plan in 2023.