"[B]y the 1990s, the sun had set on antibiotics..[T]he profit margins of antibiotics paled in comparison to blockbuster..drugs. Many companies closed..antibiotic programs, and the pipeline has since thinned..All the while, bacteria were becoming resistant"
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"This paucity of innovation coupled with the relentless rise of drug-resistant 'superbugs' now poses one of the greatest health security threats of our time."
"In 2019, antibiotic-resistant infections directly killed 1.27 million..and that number is expected to swell to 10 million by 2050, costing the global economy somewhere in the range of $100 trillion. The challenge is huge and we are ill-prepared."
"A robust pipeline of antibiotics is essential to taking on..drug resistance and properly preparing for whatβs coming..To help jumpstart the necessary level of innovation, federal legislators should take steps to incentivize the development of novel antibiotics"
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