How to cure an ailing antibiotics business? | FT Rethink
GSKGSK(US:GSK) Financial Times·2026-08-10 05:56

[music] >> Antibiotics have cured countless infections, extending the average human lifespan by up to 23 years. But more bacteria are developing resistance to existing drugs, and there are not enough new medicines coming online to combat [music] them. Many big pharma companies have dropped out of the business altogether.The number of pipeline projects among the large research-based companies has plunged 35% in the five years to 2026, according to the Access to Medicine Foundation. Analysts say that's becaus ...

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