> The economics of drug development are partly to blame. > To offset the millions of dollars they pour into research, clinical trials and the FDA approval proc

> The economics of drug development are partly to blame. > To offset the millions of dollars they pour into research, clinical trials and the FDA approval process, pharmaceutical companies aim to develop blockbuster drugs, said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergies and Infectious Diseases. An ideal candidate would be used by millions of people every day for the rest of their lives, like pills to keep cholesterol or blood pressure in check. > Antibiotics won’t pay the freight. They should be prescribed sparingly and only used for about a week. Hmmm. Natural selection of humans, in an environment partly controlled by Pharma. Pharma needs lots of patients that consume a drug every day for life. (I take three of them, plus an arguable fourth.) People who take one or more of these drugs are valuable. Such people who live longer lives are more valuable. By not discovering low revenue new antibiotics and making them available, what we're left with is people who take daily drugs for life, and somehow survive or avoid bacterial infection. I want to believe that no one in Pharma has thought of this.