Where have all the antibiotic patents gone?

doi:doi:10.1038/nbt1206-1529


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Nature Biotechnology - 24, 1529 - 1531 (2006)
doi:10.1038/nbt1206-1529

Where have all the antibiotic patents gone?

Martin L Katz, Lisa V Mueller, Mark Polyakov & Steven F Weinstock

Martin L. Katz, Lisa V. Mueller, Mark Polyakov and Steven F. Weinstock are at Wood Phillips, 500 West Madison Street, Suite 3800, Chicago, Illinois 60661-2562, USA. mlkatz@woodphillips.com

Patent and regulatory hurdles combined with low returns on investment are stifling antibiotic R&D in the pharmaceutical industry.

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