First new antibiotic in 30 years discovered in major breakthrough

Re:First new antibiotic in 30 years discovered in major brea... by paulsutter on Monday September 05, 2016 @02:26AM (#12428496)

Notably, that's one reason there so little investment in antibiotic r&d. The concern is that sales of a new antibiotic could be very limited because of this very concern.

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Re:First new antibiotic in 30 years discovered in major brea... by hollander on Monday September 05, 2016 @03:52AM (#12428770)

This only means that this research should be done by state funded universities and not left to commercial industries.

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Re:First new antibiotic in 30 years discovered in major brea... by chimeracoder on Monday September 05, 2016 @11:04AM (#12430668)

> This only means that this research should be done by state funded universities and not left to commercial industries.

As anybody who has worked in academia for long enough can tell you, state-funded universities are very much a "commercial industry" and are in no way exempt from market forces. There are a few extra layers of indirection, which slow them down, but the end result is the same.

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Re:First new antibiotic in 30 years discovered in major brea... by digi_owl on Monday September 05, 2016 @08:37AM (#12429844)

That pretty much sums up all large technological shifts. They almost to a T seems to happen when there is a military need for them.

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Re:First new antibiotic in 30 years discovered in major brea... by random55643 on Tuesday September 06, 2016 @04:32AM (#12434418)

This still requires for some company to produce the drug and get it approved by the FDA.

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Re:First new antibiotic in 30 years discovered in major brea... by kyriakos on Monday September 05, 2016 @03:38AM (#12428729)

I haven't considered that but its indeed a valid point.

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