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WHO says new antibiotics pipeline thins

WHO At least 700,000 people a year die from drug-resistant diseases but only 50 antibiotics exist in the medical community pipeline of potential new drugs.

GENEVA (AN) — The United Nations' health agency said on Thursday at least 700,000 people a year die from drug-resistant diseases but there are only 50 antibiotics in the medical research community's pipeline of potential new drugs.

A dearth of private investment and innovation are "undermining efforts to combat drug-resistant infections," the World Health Organization warned in a statement. The annual deaths from drug-resistant diseases include 230,000 just from multi-drug resistant tuberculosis.

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