kmcolo says: This is a serious breach of the public good, all for short term profit. This drug is one of the last lines of defense against antibiotic resistant bacteria (super-bugs). It is the overuse of antibiotics that has led to the evolution of super-bugs and the largest abuse of these drugs is in the livestock industry. Thisapproval process should be put to a halt as soon as possible. At a minimum, antibiotics approved for use in the livestock industry should not be ones that are presently our last lines of defense. It's hard to see what CDC is thinking. It's not like they benefit somehow from people getting sick. Just doesn't make sense why, unless the warnings are bogus... but if they aren't... |
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