Antibiotic Incentives: Prize Fund Is Focus Of Presidential Report On Incentives
Executive Summary
Upcoming White House report on antibiotic incentives will provide a strong endorsement of one-time payments to reward successful development of new therapeutics. That is a mixed blessing for advocates for legislative action for incentives who are focusing on 'wildcard' patents.
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