‘A Game Changer:’ Cures 2.0 Would Provide $11bn In ‘Subscription’ Contracts For New Antibiotics

The PASTEUR Act would delink some of an antibiotic’s revenue from prescription sales, with the goal of revitalizing the antibiotic pipeline with additional private investment while encouraging good public health stewardship of critically needed medicines.

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New “pull incentive” program to address antimicrobial resistance included in Cures 2.0 legislative package • Source: Nielsen Hobbs; the Pink Sheet |Alamy, Shutterstock images

The weak market for antimicrobials could be revived by a new $11bn US government-funded plan embedded in the draft Cures 2.0 legislation that would guarantee revenue for certain treatments regardless of the number of prescriptions sold.

Supporters of the plan, the bipartisan PASTEUR Act, believe the measure would lead to a new wave of private investment...

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