An Antibiotic Anniversary Celebration: Deal-Making and Investment Are Active In Formerly Moribund Field
This article was originally published in RPM Report
Executive Summary
A year ago, the Pew Trust hosted a meeting on antibiotic development that emphasized the many barriers still discouraging investment in the field despite new legislation (the GAIN Act). Three coincidental announcements in early 2014 show that the development freeze in anti-infectives is beginning to thaw.
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