How To Make International Pull Incentives Work In Fight Against AMR

Global action on delivering pull incentives for the development of new antibiotics is urgently required, according to a new report that sets out how countries could join together to make incentives attractive enough for companies to invest in this space.

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Countries around the world could come together to fund a global pull incentive, worth around $4.2bn, to encourage the development of new antibiotics, according to a new industry-sponsored report that says the need for international action on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is increasingly urgent.

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