New Antibiotics Needed to Fight Nightmare Superbug

As news headlines repeatedly remind us, humanity is falling behind in its long battle with bacterial diseases. The more we use antibiotics, the less effective they become, and we are quickly running out of drugs that can treat increasingly resistant infections. Sooner or later, bacteria will evolve to resist every antibiotic we have.

In the U.S., there are not enough antibiotics in development to meet current and anticipated patient needs.