A World Without Antibiotics

The world is on a dangerous road back to the pre-antibiotic era, in which a seemingly simple bacterial infection may be an irreversible death sentence, according to a report published in Medium.

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The article highlights the numbers: the $1 billion price tag to produce an antibiotic, the short usage times preventing drug companies from breaking even, the mere five new antibiotics in development in 2004.

Read the full article on Becker’s Hospital Review.

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