Obama Lays Out Antibiotic Funding Plan As House Lawmakers Unveil Cures Bill

The president's 2016 budget will include $1.2 billion for combating and preventing antibiotic resistance, according to a fact sheet circulated Tuesday (Jan. 27), nearly doubling federal funding in this area, with $47 million set aside for FDA evaluation of new antibacterial drugs for patient treatments and antibiotic stewardship in animal agriculture. Hours after the fact sheet came out, House lawmakers unveiled a draft 21st Century Cures bill that likewise seeks to speed development of new antibiotics through a series of...