Covid-19 could be a glimpse at a dire future
The novel coronavirus outbreak is the worst infectious disease crisis in a century. But without better treatments for antibiotic-resistant bugs, its global death toll could become a new normal.
That’s according to a pair of antimicrobial experts who, writing in STAT, warn that the current pipeline of bug-killing drugs is alarmingly bare. And if the world doesn’t get its act together, drug-resistant bacteria and fungi will come to kill 10 million people per year by 2050.
The problem isn’t a lack of scientific savvy or willingness. Rather, the marketplace for novel antimicrobials is broken, making it impossible for researchers to secure the right funding, companies to find the proper incentives, and patients to get the drugs they desperately need.
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That’s according to a pair of antimicrobial experts who, writing in STAT, warn that the current pipeline of bug-killing drugs is alarmingly bare. And if the world doesn’t get its act together, drug-resistant bacteria and fungi will come to kill 10 million people per year by 2050.
The problem isn’t a lack of scientific savvy or willingness. Rather, the marketplace for novel antimicrobials is broken, making it impossible for researchers to secure the right funding, companies to find the proper incentives, and patients to get the drugs they desperately need.
Read more.
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