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It'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 regulati
by vikramkr 6y ago
It'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.