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by vikramkr 2301 days ago
In other disease areas that makes sense, but for anti-biotics that 500 million is more than you'd be able to make on the market. Especially if the antibiotic is really good - the better it is the less it will be used since we want to prevent resistance developing to our best drugs. That 500 million might be necessary to make the development be worth it.