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The Essential: More or Less: Antibiotics and the Problem of the Broken Market

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01/03/2016 GMT

More or Less: Antibiotics and the Problem of the Broken Market

BBC World Service - The Essential, More or Less: Antibiotics and the Problem of the Broken Market

Why big pharma won’t invest in new antibiotics.

If we don’t get new antibiotics, as they become more resistant it is likely that people will die. It’s a huge business but there’s a problem - pharmaceutical companies are reluctant to invest time and money to develop new antibiotics. But why not?

(Image: Computer artwork of bacteria - credit: Science Photo Library)

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