Idsa Releases Hit List of Dangerous Bugs; 'Congress Must Pass Legislation to Avert Public Health Crisis,' Group Says
U.S. Newswire › March 01, 2006
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WASHINGTON, March 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) today renewed its call for federal legislation to galvanize the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries into fighting the growing epidemic of antimicrobial resistance, releasing a "Hit List" of the six top-priority dangerous, drug-resistant microbes. These six "superbugs" are especially dangerous because few or no new drugs are being developed to treat them.
The Hit List was drawn from an article in the March 1 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases.See the full content of this document
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Idsa Releases Hit List of Dangerous Bugs; 'Congress Must Pass Legislation to Avert Public Health Crisis,' Group Says
"These are life-threatening drug-resistant infections, and we're seeing them every day,' says IDSA President Martin J. Blaser, M.D. "What is worse is that our ammunition is running out and there are no reinforcements in sight."
Congress has not passed the comprehensive legislation needed to stimulate antimicrobial research and development that IDSA called f...See the full content of this document
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