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Re:FDA Dangles Golden Ticket to Spur Drugs for Neglected Dis... by olva22 on Saturday May 17, 2014 @12:19AM (#7759215)
Maybe they can create an incentive to create new antibiotics? I've heard there are few if any in the pipeline since they are not profitable to pharma companies and resistance is increasing alarmingly fast!
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Re:FDA Dangles Golden Ticket to Spur Drugs for Neglected Dis... by refurb on Saturday May 17, 2014 @02:07AM (#7759350)
The GAIN Act was passed last year which provides incentives for new anti-infectives. The DISARM Act is another one being looked at that would make it easier for hospitals to use the latest and greatest antibiotics.
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Re:FDA Dangles Golden Ticket to Spur Drugs for Neglected Dis... by olva22 on Sunday May 18, 2014 @12:00AM (#7762116)
Ah! Good to hear they are legislating towards a bit more progress. Do you know if any pharma companies have re-entered antibiotic research since GAIN passed? I believe there's only a small handful of them left.

Not to mention creating new drugs without implementing any rational controls over their use in humans and livestock is like pouring more gas on the fire.

But I digress about leaving science to legislators....

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Re:FDA Dangles Golden Ticket to Spur Drugs for Neglected Dis... by refurb on Sunday May 18, 2014 @02:44PM (#7763885)
Roche just in-licensed a new compound to restart their antibiotic franchise.

http://www.roche.com/media/media_releases/med-cor-2013-11-04...

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