Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Mar 2019
Take over pharma to create new medicines, says top adviser
27 March 2019 - Part of the drugs industry should be taken over to make new antibiotics, an influential economist has argued.
Lord Jim O'Neill, who advised the government on antibiotic resistance, said he was shocked by pharmaceutical companies failing to tackle drug-resistant infections.
He said the solution may be to "just take it away from them and take it over".
The pharmaceutical industry said it was not standing still on the issue.
