Key Points
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria threaten our health, and yet only a few pharmaceutical companies are still conducting research into new antibiotic drugs to bring them to market..
The Netherlands-based Access to Medicine Foundation is committed to ensuring that suitable medicines are available for patients worldwide, wherever possible..
The independent, nonprofit organization has said drug resistance is a major threat, and has called for more research into new antibiotics by pharmaceutical companies..
If these companies were to change their strategy and stop producing antibiotics, people in middle and low-income countries in particular would lose access to these products..
The Access to Medicine Foundation aims to influence companies to be responsible when it comes to marketing and sales, encouraging doctors to avoid prescribing antibiotics and in large quantities, or too often..
