EU doctors turn to last-ditch antibiotics as resistance grows
Agencies: London, Nov 16 2012, 17:15 IST
as last-line weapons.
There are few new antibiotics on the horizon and experts are worried that only a few big drug firms, such as GlaxoSmithKline and AstraZeneca, still have strong antibiotic research and development programmes.
Robert-Jan Smits, director-general for research and innovation at the European Commission, said the worrying growth of antibiotic resistance ... calls for a dedicated research effort. He added that the Commission had put more money this year than ever into research on resistance.
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