EU backs innovation in pharmaceutical sector

Articles reports that EU Member States agreed on the 1 December 2009 to develop financial incentives to encourage development of new antibiotics, against a background of growing concern over the lack of drugs to address resistance to a wide range of infections.

Council of the European Union: Press Release, 1.12.09: Council Conclusions on innovative incentives for effective antibiotics http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/lsa/111608.pdf

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