Biology Now, 2e

1980–84

19

1985–89

11

1990–94

11

1995–99

11

2000–04

4

2005–09

3

2010–15

8

Antibacterial drugs approved by the FDA

"Each year in the United States, more than 2 million people become infected

with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, including methicillin-resistant

Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), resulting in at least 23,000 deaths. To

combat antibiotic resistance, doctors need novel antibiotics, yet fewer and

fewer new antibiotics come to pharmacies each year. In 2011, Congress

passed the Generating Antibiotic Incentives Now (GAIN) Act to stimulate the

development of new antibiotics, and it’s working. So far, six new antibiotics

have been approved through that program.

Race against

Resistance

Time line of antibiotic resistance

Introduced Resistant bacteria identified

Ceftaroline

Linezolid

Levofloxacin

Imipenem

Ceftazidime

Vancomycin

Gentamicin

Methicillin

Erythromycin

Tetracycline

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