Antimicrobials have saved millions of lives, and made other procedures such as common surgeries, cancer treatments and organ transplants possible. However, over the past several decades, antimicrobial resistance has left doctors without the tools they need to treat resistant infections, pushing us close to the edge of a post-antimicrobial era. Antimicrobial resistance poses a very real threat to our nation. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 2.8 million people in the United States are hospitalized due to resistant bacterial infections, and at least 35,000 die as a result. That is why I am writing today, to encourage you to support incentives for novel antimicrobial drug development and ask you to consider legislation that provides the right financial incentives for innovators to develop life-saving medicines. This resistance crisis is exacerbated by the fact that the rate of development and approval of new antimicrobial drugs have dropped significantly. Our nation’s scientific research and development has largely shifted away from investment in new antimicrobial products to combat these infections. In light of the COVID-19 crisis it is clear that we need to be better prepared for future outbreaks, including ensuring that physicians are equipped with the newest, most effective treatment options for dangerous drug-resistant infections. I am hopeful that the Congress will consider and pass legislation that spurs innovations in new antimicrobials to treat dangerous infections. Our legislators must take action to prevent a post-antimicrobial era in which there are few remaining treatment options for the most routine and basic infections and provide scientists with the tools to bring these much-needed medicines to patients. Thank you for recognizing the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance. I hope that I can count on you to support future legislation that is designed to incentivize much needed innovation in this field.

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