The World Is Running Out Of Antibiotics, WHO Report Confirms
A report, Antibacterial agents in clinical development, analizes the antibacterial clinical development pipeline launched by WHO, shows a serious lack development new antibiotics to combat the growing antimicrobial resistance threat. Most of the drugs currently in the pipeline are modifications of existing classes of antibiotics and are only short-term solutions. The report found very few potential treatment options for antibiotic-resistant infections, including drug-resistant TB which kills about 250,000 annually. [read more]