Daniels also didn't take a high-powered antibiotic when he was supposed to, leading to his becoming "extensively" drug resistant.

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The disease can be debilitating in older adults, and after two weeks, the antibiotic treatment doesn't work well for the symptoms.

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Bayer wants to protect its patent on the anthrax-fighting antibiotic, but that doesn't necessarily mean it couldn't grant an emergency exemption to a generic drug maker.

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Experts say it isn't viable for drug companies that spend millions developing a new antibiotic medicine then to be told by regulators to hold it in reserve for the next emergency.

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She came up with an article about an antibiotic that worked against cat scratch fever but wasn't toxic.

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Despite all the fuss made this week by Bayer over its antibiotic Cipro, selling antibiotics to the government for stockpiling doesn't seem to be a great business.

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