REUTERS/CDC/Handout - CDC microbiologist, Valerie Albrecht, holds up two plates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in this undated CDC handout photo.
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Antibiotic Development and Market Failure: No Quick Fix
September 20, 2013, Gregory W. Daniel
The new report from CDC this week indicates that drug-resistant infections are on the rise and the threat of an era without antibiotic drugs looms larger than ever. Gregory Daniel writes that antibiotic innovation was identified as a core area for action, but a number of scientific and market-based roadblocks stand in the way.