After antibiotics

Antibiotics transformed medicine in the 20th century and saved countless lives but their overuse in medicine and factory farming has reduced their effectiveness, and big pharma companies have not invested in their replacement, leaving people increasingly vulnerable to infection.

The end of antibiotics

Antibiotics have saved countless lives over the last hundred years, but a lack of development and their overuse in both human medicine and agriculture means their effectiveness is waning fast.

Fewer superdrugs for more superbugs

Just 12 new antibiotics have entered the market from 2017 to 2021, according to a World Health Organization review that says the antibiotics currently in the pipeline aren’t enough to keep up with the rise in antibiotic-resistant ‘superbugs’.

Cutting antibiotic use around surgery

New research finds antibiotics are often prescribed inappropriately before, during and after surgery, and that more needs to be done to change the culture of prescription.