Driven by natural selection, the emergence of drug resistance is inevitable. Most of these people most live in low- and middle-income countries.
Yet by comparison, 5.7 million people die from treatable infectious diseases, due to a lack of access to medicines. Drug resistance is increasingĪn estimated 750,000 people die each year due to drug-resistant infections.
The companies that provided data report that limits apply at 561 of their suppliers’ manufacturing sites (64% of the combined total of 870). Although only 45 (5.2%) of sites were reported as actually being compliant, it is encouraging that companies are starting to exert positive influence on suppliers' standards.
