A new report finds that 338 medicines are being developed by pharmaceutical scientists to combat humankind’s oldest and most tenacious enemy—infectious diseases. All of the medicines in development are either in human clinical trials or awaiting Food and Drug Administration approval.

Report: 2007: Medicines in Development for Infectious Diseases (PDF)

Informe: 2007: Medicamentos en Desarrollo para Enfermedades Infecciosas (PDF)

Press Release: Pharmaceutical Industry Testing 338 New Medicines to Combat Staph and Other Infectious Diseases

Backgrounder: Selected Medicines in Development for Staph and Other Infectious Diseases