The world needs new antibiotics - so why aren't they developed?
In this episode, hosts Mara, Beth, and Nafisa talk about the struggles of developing new antimicrobials and discuss how the existing economic model for antibiotics needs to change.
Show notes:
Article 1: Who will pay for new antibiotics? by Katrina Megget
Article 2: 'We have arrived in the post-antibiotic era': WHO warns of too few new drugs for deadly superbugs by Caroline Hopkins
July 11 Hearing on AMR and modern medicine
This show is produced by the iAMResponsible project, a nationwide university outreach team led by Amy Schmidt at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln . Find out more about the project here. Funding for the iAMResponsbile Project was provided by USDA-NIFA Award Nos. 2017-68003-26497, 2018-68003-27467 and 2018-68003-27545. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Intro and outro music was by BenSound