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> However, I think we are beyond that now. I don't know if there really has been a clinically relevant antibiotic with actual use in the real world discovered i
by ramblenode 4y ago
> However, I think we are beyond that now. I don't know if there really has been a clinically relevant antibiotic with actual use in the real world discovered in the last 20 years in such circumstances.
IMO, the main reason is IP law. You can't patent a natural phenomenon so there is no incentive for companies to go looking for drugs out in nature. There might be a huge societal upside but there is basically no profitability.