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View From ICAAC: How Higher Prices Can Help Save Antibiotic R&D

 
• By Emily Hayes

At the annual anti-infectives meeting, experts consider revamping the business model to spur development of novel antibiotics, with cooperation of regulators in Europe and U.S.

SAN FRANCISCO – The future business model for antibiotic drug development should feature higher-priced products with limited access to smaller patient populations, a shift bolstered by regulatory reform in the U.S. and Europe, said experts at the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy meeting.

Very few drug classes actually cure disease as antibiotics do and yet pricing is very low, especially compared to other...

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• By Bridget Silverman

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