Drug-resistant superbugs drive blockbuster antibacterials

Antibacterial drugs are being elevated to blockbuster status as a new generation of lethal hospital-based superbugs prove resistant to standard therapies, according to a new report from Datamonitor. Community-based infections have always dominated this sector in the past, according to the new report, but drug-resistant superbugs in hospital settings-like MRSA-are changing that. Pfizer's Zyvox and Wyeth's Zosyn have already benefited from the trend and more therapies will be developed as an aging population helps trigger a continued surge in the superbug threat.

- read the UPI article on the Datamonitor report

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