Antibiotic Assistance
This article was originally published in RPM Report
Executive Summary
The drug safety/user fee bill working its way through Congress has some surprising benefits for antibiotic drug developers, and a voucher scheme to let companies developing drugs for tropical diseases earn the right to faster FDA reviews for more commercially attractive products.
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