Lawmakers seek to boost new antibiotic development News brief August 7, 2026 Chris Dall, MA

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobial-stewardship/lawmakers-seek-boost-new-antibiotic-development?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8gqS8XVJkuDEmOEn7T0mBwf5JHAIAqiGOaM2aZMxtDWRpk3K7GkVweBySU8Vy_9HCRRyTvmvvKN-1vL6kBpZcC15J1Zg&_hsmi=432352679&utm_content=432352679&utm_source=hs_email CIDRAP: Lawmakers Seek To Boost New Antibiotic Development US lawmakers this week introduced a bipartisan bill that would aid efforts to develop new antibiotics. The Stop Superbugs Act, introduced this week by Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS), would authorize the National Institutes of Health's Antimicrobial Resistance Leadership Group to facilitate clinical trials for new antibiotics to address the rising threat of drug-resistant infections. (Dall, 8/7)