They’re a slow-moving pandemic that’s threatening modern medicine. But with a broken antibiotic market, solutions to drug-resistant infections are in short supply.

Here’s 6 📊 proving the need for a landmark new @AMRActionFund offering almost $1 billion to #StopSuperbugs ⤵️
Antibiotics are the foundation of modern medicine 💊 🦠
They’re used in vast amounts daily around the world 🏥
But we’re running out of options 📉
Our reliance on these drugs is causing a problem 🦠 📈 🗺️
And despite the number of lives at risk, the antibiotic market is in a bad way 🧫 🏥 📉
Right now, it doesn’t make sense for companies to invest in antibiotics. But we need that to change 💸
A nearly $1 billion new fund led by the pharmaceutical industry offers a chance to #StopSuperbugs. But we also need governments to support companies that are pushing promising new discoveries towards clinical trials | @AMRActionFund

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It's time to fix the antibiotic market

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