While the demand for discovery and development of novel therapies to address drug-resistant infections has been clearly elucidated again and again, the big biopharmaceutical industry players continue to pull out – but it remains to be seen whether new efforts to drive early-stage R&D can fill the gap.
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As large biopharmaceutical companies continue to exit antibacterial R&D, investments by Novo Holding’s REPAIR Impact Fund and grants from CARB-X can push forward novel therapies for drug-resistant microbial infections.
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