David M. Shlaes: Antibiotics | Buch

Cover: 9789048190560 | Antibiotics | The Perfect Storm | David M. Shlaes | Buch | viii | 2010

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Beschreibung

Antibiotics are truly miracle drugs. As a class, they are one of the only ones that actually cure disease as opposed to most drugs that only help relieve symptoms or control disease. Since bacteria that cause serious disease in humans are becoming more and more resistant to the antibiotics we have today, and because they will ultimately become resistant to any antibiotic that we use for treatment or for anything else, we need a steady supply of new antibiotics active against any resistant bacteria that arise. However, the antibiotics marketplace is no longer attractive for large pharmaceutical companies, the costs of development are skyrocketing because of ever more stringent requirements by the regulatory agencies, and finding new antibiotics active against resistant strains is getting harder and harder. These forces are all combining to deny us these miracle drugs when we need them the most. I provide a number of possible paths to shelter from this perfect storm.

Zusammenfassung

Antibiotics are miracle drugs without which we will lose lives

Describes resistance threatening the effectiveness of our current antibiotics

The forces that are gathering to assure us that we won't have any new ones

Provides a number of possible approaches to stave off catastrophe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 The Perfect Storm.- 2 The Miracle.- 3 Resistance - The miracle is fading.- 4 The FDA - We need them, but they have become part of the problem.- 5 Europe.- 6 The Pharmaceutical Industry - after a glorious history, the industry is now struggling on all fronts.- 7 Modest Proposals.- 8 Conclusions.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2010
Fachbereich:	Therapie
Genre:	Importe , Medizin
Rubrik:	Wissenschaften
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	viii 106 S.
ISBN-13:	9789048190560
ISBN-10:	9048190568
Sprache:	Englisch
Herstellernummer:	80011471
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Shlaes, David M.
Hersteller:	Springer Netherland Springer Netherlands
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	241 x 160 x 12 mm
Von/Mit:	David M. Shlaes
Erscheinungsdatum:	06.09.2010
Gewicht:	0,369 kg