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Although there is a pressing need for research into and development new antibiotics, policy-makers do not want healthcare professionals to use them. Meaning products should sit on the shelf until they are really needed by patients due antimicrobial resistance caused by inappropriate use of the existing classes of antibiotics over many years. The result is many Pharma companies have dropped investment antibiotic research because they feel they will be unable to recoup their investment.

The public health implications of a drying pipeline of new antibiotics has led to an increased focus on alternative models to incentivise antimicrobial research.

The Wiki is used to provide an overview of work undertaken on the project and to link to resources involved in antibiotic science.

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