9789048190560-9048190568-Antibiotics: The Perfect Storm

Antibiotics: The Perfect Storm

ISBN-13: 9789048190560
ISBN-10: 9048190568
Edition: 2010
Author: David M. Shlaes
Publication date: 2010
Publisher: Springer
Format: Hardcover 110 pages
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ISBN-13: 9789048190560
ISBN-10: 9048190568
Edition: 2010
Author: David M. Shlaes
Publication date: 2010
Publisher: Springer
Format: Hardcover 110 pages

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Antibiotics: The Perfect Storm (ISBN-13: 9789048190560 and ISBN-10: 9048190568), written by authors David M. Shlaes, was published by Springer in 2010. With an overall rating of 3.8 stars, it's a notable title among other Biochemistry (Chemistry, Biology, Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Immunology, Basic Medical Sciences, Pharmacy, Pharmacology) books. You can easily purchase or rent Antibiotics: The Perfect Storm (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Biochemistry books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.37.

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Antibiotics are truly miracle drugs. As a class, they are one of the only ones that actually cure disease as opposed to most drugs that only help relieve symptoms or control disease. Since bacteria that cause serious disease in humans are becoming more and more resistant to the antibiotics we have today, and because they will ultimately become resistant to any antibiotic that we use for treatment or for anything else, we need a steady supply of new antibiotics active against any resistant bacteria that arise. However, the antibiotics marketplace is no longer attractive for large pharmaceutical companies, the costs of development are skyrocketing because of ever more stringent requirements by the regulatory agencies, and finding new antibiotics active against resistant strains is getting harder and harder. These forces are all combining to deny us these miracle drugs when we need them the most. I provide a number of possible paths to shelter from this perfect storm.

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