Pew Charitable Trusts [to 21 May 2016]
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May 11, 2016
Pew Releases Scientific Roadmap to Spur Antibiotic Discovery and Innovation
Press Release – Antibiotic Resistance Project
WASHINGTON—The Pew Charitable Trusts today released a strategy to end the 30-year drought in the discovery of new types of antibiotics, key to fighting some of the most serious microbial threats. The Scientific Roadmap for Antibiotic Discovery identifies priority research goals and specific steps to break through the most significant scientific barriers impeding antibiotic discovery and to pave the way for urgently needed new drugs.

“Drug-resistant bacteria are an ever-increasing threat, but the discovery of new antibiotics has slowed to a crawl,” said Allan Coukell, senior director for health programs at The Pew Charitable Trusts. “Every antibiotic in use today is based on a discovery made more than 30 years ago.”…