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THE ANTIBIOTIC


GAMBLE


Paratek Pharmaceuticals made a life-saving drug and


got it approved. So why is the company’s long-term


survival still in question? By Maryn McKenna


Evan Loh, chief executive of the US firm Paratek Pharmaceuticals, leads a team that is striving to secure the future of a new antibiotic.


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338 | Nature | Vol 584 | 20 August 2020


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