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14.7 • Current Strategies for Antimicrobial Discovery 603<br />

developing critical drugs that may have little or no return on investment?<br />

Figure 14.22<br />

In recent decades, approvals of new antimicrobials by the FDA have steadily fallen. In the five-year period from<br />

1983–1987, 16 new antimicrobial drugs were approved, compared to just two from 2008–2012.<br />

LINK TO LEARNING<br />

To further examine the scope of the problem, view this (https://openstax.org/l/22PBSDecAntimic) video.<br />

To learn more (https://openstax.org/l/22MSUAntResLeaH) about the history of antimicrobial drug discovery,<br />

visit Michigan State University’s Antimicrobial Resistance Learning Site.

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