Merck Sees Decades-Long Time Horizon For Novel Antibiotics
Executive Summary
Merck is one of the few big pharmas still investing in early-stage antibiotic R&D and is focusing long term on novel antibody and small molecule approaches, but Infectious Disease Research VP Daria Hazuda predicts the timeline for delivering innovative breakthroughs will be long.
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