High levels of pathogen resistance are rendering current antibiotics obsolete. Coupled with insufficient investment in discovering new treatments, multidrug-resistant infections are an increasingly urgent public health concern. To curb the growth of antibiotic resistance and prevent major...

A generally accepted view is that it is more efficient and ethical if global pharmaceutical prices vary according to countries? relative income. To understand manufacturers? pricing strategies, we compared average pharmaceutical prices in fourteen middle-income countries to those in three...