Medicare should pay separately for novel antibiotics in the hospital setting, Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. CEO Evan Loh urged during a Duke Margolis webinar on 29 August on approaches to incentivize antimicrobial R&D.
Antibiotic Payment Incentives: Advocates Still Looking For More
After some success in enacting new regulatory and exclusivity incentives in the US over the past decade, antibiotic research advocates are urging action on the payment/reimbursement side. One start-up CEO argues that Medicare needs to rethink its approach to payment for hospital antibiotics.
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