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Global Efforts Needed as Antibiotic Resistance Grows

12/30/2025

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Dr. Margaret Chan, former World Health Organization director general, warned that developing new antibiotics faces resistance challenges.
Since 2017, regulators have approved only 16 antibiotics, most similar to existing drugs.
The FDA recently approved two new antibiotics for gonorrhoea, including Zoliflodacin, produced via a GARDP–Innoviva partnership.
Coordinated global efforts are essential to maintain antibiotic effectiveness.

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Dr. Margaret Chan, former World Health Organization director general, warned that developing new antibiotics faces resistance challenges.
Since 2017, regulators have approved only 16 antibiotics, most similar to existing drugs.
The FDA recently approved two new antibiotics for gonorrhoea, including Zoliflodacin, produced via a GARDP–Innoviva partnership.
Coordinated global efforts are essential to maintain antibiotic effectiveness.