Wednesday, 14 August 2019

News Alert: Nonprofit's antibiotic approved for drug-resistant tuberculosis, giving researchers hope for a new model to develop such drugs

The new drug was developed by a nonprofit group, and researchers hope it will be a new model for developing antibiotics as drug companies have largely abandoned the work because it is unprofitable. Tuberculosis kills 1.6 million people a year, and the disease has become increasingly untreatable with existing drugs.
 
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News Alert Aug 14, 1:22 PM
 
 
Nonprofit's antibiotic approved for drug-resistant tuberculosis, giving researchers hope for a new model to develop such drugs

The new drug was developed by a nonprofit group, and researchers hope it will be a new model for developing antibiotics as drug companies have largely abandoned the work because it is unprofitable. Tuberculosis kills 1.6 million people a year, and the disease has become increasingly untreatable with existing drugs.

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