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> unfortunately the one that's worked the best so far is the least commercially sustainable. So sustain it non-commercially. Governments have purchased medica
by newacct583 6y ago
> unfortunately the one that's worked the best so far is the least commercially sustainable.
So sustain it non-commercially. Governments have purchased medications in the past, often for exactly this kind of reason. We stockpile vaccines right now, even though the "market" doesn't want to.
Really the most notable thing about this article isn't the science, it's the framing of the problem as "difficult" when... it isn't.
- vikramkr 6y agoIt's politically difficult yeah. If there was like a $500 million or $1 billion dollar reward for bringing a new antibiotic to market (maybe with price regulations on the other end, but i don't think those would matter with antibiotics), this problem would be a long way to solved. Or a GAVI equivalent. But sometimes, scientific problems are easier to solve than political ones. I'd bet on a new breakthrough creating an alternative to antibiotics happening before the (US) government overcomes the political friction required to do what will be framed as bailing out big pharma. Hating big pharma is like the one thing both parties agree on here.