Pharma firms to be incentivised to develop new superbug drugs
by Mattha Busby from on (#47MPS)
Health secretary Matt Hancock to announce plans at World Economic Forum in Davos
The UK government is promising to incentivise pharmaceutical companies to develop "urgently needed" drugs to fight antimicrobial resistant (AMR) superbugs, with the health secretary warning "we are on the cusp of a world where a simple graze could be deadly".
Under the plans, the inappropriate use of antibiotics would also be cut by 15%, reducing resistant infections and potentially saving thousands of lives in the UK.
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