Resistance isnt futile how

to tackle drug-resistant
superbugs
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Q+A
1. What has led to the rise in drug resistant superbugs?
2. Why are big pharmaceutical companies reluctant to develop
new antibiotics?
3. What is the estimated number of fatalities by 2050? Where are
these deaths most likely to occur?
4. Which are more important areas of research, life-extending
drugs or lifesaving antibiotics?
5. Do you worry about the prospect of a pandemic striking Japan?
6. Should governments stockpile medicine to prepare for such an
VOCABULARY: eventuality or is this a huge waste of money?
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1. rule of thumb DEFINITIONS:

2. left-field a. A channel or system supplying goods or information.

the biggest heroin _____________ in history
3. pipeline b. The most easily achieved of a set of tasks, measures,
goals, etc. it's more difficult to produce new drugsall the
4. eke(d) out _______________ has been picked
c. Not showing a serious or respectful attitude. a
5. flippant _______________ remark
d. A broadly accurate guide or principle, based on practice
6. boon rather than theory. a useful ___________ is that about ten hours
will be needed to analyse each hour of recorded data
7. concession e. Make an amount or supply of something last longer by
using or consuming it frugally. the remains of yesterday's
8. low-hanging stew could be __________________ to make another meal
fruit f. A surprising or unconventional position or style. But I
got such a terrible shock because it just came out of
_________________.
g. the act of admitting defeat: The former president's
_________________ came even before all the votes had been
counted.
h. A thing that is helpful or beneficial. the route will be a
_________________ to many travellers
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10 million The number of people who will die every year due to
AMR by 2050.
90% of these deaths will be in Asia and Africa.
$100 trillion, the estimated total GDP that will be lost globally by
2050 if AMR isnt tackled.
$2bn, the size of the fund ONeill says should be established to
fund AMR research.
$2-3bn, the reward ONeill suggests drug companies are paid for
launching a new antibiotic on a not-for-profit basis.
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Matt Cooper, a medical chemist at the University of Queensland,
Australia, puffs out his cheeks and scratches his head. Hes trying
to explain why the _____________ for new antibiotics is quite so