The World Needs New Antibiotics. The Problem Is, No One Can Make Them Profitably.

Dominique Mosbergen

September 29, 2023

The push for antibiotics to fight fast-evolving superbugs is snagging on a broken business model.

Six startups have won Food and Drug Administration approval for new antibiotics since 2017. All have filed for bankruptcy, been acquired or are shutting down. About 80% of the 300 scientists who worked at the companies have abandoned antibiotic development, according to Kevin Outterson, executive director of CARB-X, a government-funded group promoting research in the field…

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The World Needs New Antibiotics. The Problem Is, No One Can Make Them Profitably.

Dominique Mosbergen

September 29, 2023

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