EU weighs plan to incentivize drugmakers to fight superbugs

A Netflix-style subscription model following the UK’s example could incentivize antibiotic making to curb to the increasingly gloomy prospects of drug-resistant infections. 
Photo: Uncredited/AP/Ritzau Scanpix
Photo: Uncredited/AP/Ritzau Scanpix
By Lyubov Pronina, Naomi Kresge, & Lisa Pham, bloomberg

The European Union is considering a plan to guarantee revenues to drugmakers to incentivize them to develop new antibiotics, potentially following the UK toward a Netflix-style subscription model after earlier proposals for a voucher program drew criticism.

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