CARB-X Partnership Puts Antibiotics' Future In Biotech Startups' Hands
Executive Summary
The biotech startups that will be supported by a new transatlantic public-private partnership could end up with innovative products enticing enough to get some large biopharmaceutical firms back into the antibiotic game.
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