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Merck dives into 'superbug' chase with Cubist
2014-12-08 17:23:28| Biotech - Topix.net
Merck will spend $8.4 billion to buy Cubist Pharmaceuticals and push deeper into treating so-called "superbugs" that have drawn dire warnings from global health organizations. The company said Monday that the deal will give it stronger footing in hospital acute care and help it address antibiotic resistance, which the Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, drugmaker called a critical area of unmet medical need.
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90 Percent Of Antibiotics Used In Animals Aren't Assessed For 'Superbug' Risk
2014-09-15 21:17:49| Food - Topix.net
While over 400,000 Americans become ill from antibiotic-resistant bacteria in food products each year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has reviewed fewer than 10 percent of antibiotics to assess their risks of creating resistant "superbugs," according to an investigation by Reuters. Despite the lack of clarity over the safety of many antibiotics used in animals, major poultry companies continue to use them.
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WHO sounds alarm on widespread 'superbug' infections
2014-05-01 06:54:55| Biotech - Topix.net
Speaking as a mom and a chef, let me assure you - one of the nicest things you can do for Mom on... A cluster of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria.
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Pfizer takes its shot at a vaccine for evasive superbug
2013-05-23 09:16:57| Biotech - Topix.net
Kathrin Jansen is a microbiologist with at least two breakthrough vaccines to her name: she brought the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil to market for Merck and helped develop the $4 billion a year pneumonia and meningitis vaccine Prevnar 13 for Pfizer.
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Health officials warn about "sex superbug"
2013-05-01 19:09:09| Biotech - Topix.net
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has asked Congress for $50 million to find a new antibiotic to treat the drug-resistant strain of the disease.
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