I’VE BEEN WRITING ABOUT PHAGE THERAPY FOR A LONG TIME: Your Next Antibiotic Might Be A Virus. “The FDA’s strict rules about drug safety make it virtually impossible to approve the personalized phage cocktails used in Georgia, which is why AmpliPhi is testing blends for common bacteria. But because bacteriophages are already everywhere (there are roughly 10 million in a drop of ocean water), the FDA’s less stringent food-additive arm has already approved phages for food producers to spray on meat. The sprays, which are organic, kill more than 99 percent of the nasty bugs they touch. The post-antibiotic age may be coming, but we’re not out of weapons yet.”

Maybe the FDA needs to revamp its approval process for phages.