Number of new antibiotics has fallen sharply since 2000
The Guardian reports on the results of the Antimicrobial Resistance Benchmark with a focus on the number of new antibiotics being developed.
Date
23 January 2018
Following on from the launch of the Antimicrobial Resistance Benchmark, this article covers the sharp decrease in the number of new antibiotics being developed and how companies need to do much more to tackle the rise of superbugs.
“These companies produce the most antibiotics and some have only recently started tackling antibiotic resistance.”