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Drug firms ask governments to join fight against superbugs

DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 21 (Reuters) More than 80 international drug and biotech firms urged governments to work with them to combat drug-resistant superbugs which could kill tens of millions of people within decades unless progress is made and new antibiotics found.
In a declaration at the World Economic Forum in Davos, they called for coordinated efforts to cut unnecessary use of antibiotics and support development of new ones, including through changing drug prices and investing in research.
The 83 pharmaceutical companies and eight industry groups urged governments around the world to commit money "to provide appropriate incentives...for companies to invest in R&D to overcome the formidable technical and scientific challenges of antibiotic discovery and development".
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