ABAC Chief Calls For Better Antibiotic R&D Incentives In Europe
Executive Summary
Fresh from raising €16m in a Series A round, Albert Palomer, CEO of Spain's ABAC Therapeutics, has outlined to Scrip the company's pathogen-specific approach to antibiotic research and his fears that biotechs in Europe are being held back by flaws in the continent's 'push' incentives schemes.
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