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Rivers Can be a Source of Antibiotic Resistance
2015-02-19 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - Rivers and streams could be a major source of antibiotic resistance in the environment, according to new research from scientists at the University of Warwick's School of Life Sciences and the University of Exeter Medical School, looking at the river Thames.
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Your antibiotic might blind you, cripple you for life, or even kill you
2015-02-15 01:27:48| Biotech - Topix.net
Pharmaceutical drugs come with risks, risks most users choose to ignore. We block out the risks when we hear about a drug on television or the radio.
Administrations budget to increase antibiotic funding
2015-02-02 17:06:00| National Hog Farmer
By P. Scott Shearer, Bockorny Group, Washington, D.C. The administrations budget for fiscal year 16 proposes doubling the funding to combat the growing problem of antibiotic resistance. The White House said that antibiotic resistance is one of the most pressing public health issues facing the world today. read more
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Merck Announces CHMP Issues Positive Opinion for Investigational Antibiotic SIVEXTRO (tedizolid phosphate)
2015-01-26 14:30:00| Merck.com - Research & Development News
Dateline City: KENILWORTH, N.J. KENILWORTH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has adopted a positive opinion recommending approval of the investigational antibiotic SIVEXTRO (tedizolid phosphate) for the treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI) in adults. Merck acquired SIVEXTRO as a part of its purchase, through a subsidiary, of Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Language: English Contact: Media:Pam Eisele, 267-305-3558Jennifer Baird, 781-860-1282orInvestor:Joseph Romanelli, 908-740-1986Justin Holko, 908-740-1879 Ticker Slug: Ticker: MRK Exchange: NYSE read more
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Research looks at economics of livestock antibiotic use
2015-01-23 22:27:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: Choicesmagazine.org In the United States, antibiotics for growth promotion are not banned, but the FDA recently issued guidelines for the industry to voluntarily withdraw medically important antibiotics from growth promotion. For policy makers, the challenge is to evaluate the benefits and costs of animal antibiotics to society. What is the economic value of antibiotics to the livestock industry versus the potential health cost of increasing resistance levels? What are the potential productivity and economic effects of a ban on antibiotics for growth promotion for U.S. meat producers and consumers? read more
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