antibiotic shortages

Yesterday, we took Zeke Emanuel s and his New York Times op-ed to task for a variety of reasons. Today, ACSH advisor David Shlaes, in his blog, Antibiotics-The Perfect Storm, takes a more nuanced look at an alternative way to refill the antibiotic pipeline without dangling big prize money in front of companies that succeed in coming up with a new class of antibiotics (whatever that means).