Debate Over PASTEUR Heats Up Ahead Of Year-End Legislative Push

By Lia DeGroot / November 23, 2022 at 12:08 PM
Medical experts and consumer advocates are at odds over how best to combat antimicrobial resistance and the debate has intensified as Congress gears up for its year-end legislative push that some hope includes passage of a key antibiotic funding bill that aims to spur development of new antibiotics. Some proponents of the antibiotic legislation argue that physicians should have multiple antibiotics to choose from, and that restricting which antibiotics come to market, including by requiring new therapies to prove they’re...


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