How Can Competition Mitigate the Antibiotic Crisis?

The antibiotics revolution changed the face of modern medicine. It was initiated by the accidental discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming in 1928. Antibiotics cured serious and fatal infectious bacterial diseases like pneumonia and tuberculosis. They also made possible important surgical interventions like Caesarian sections, hip surgeries and other medical procedures that are frequently accompanied by infections post-operation. Antibiotics have …