title: Antibacterial discovery and development--the failure of success?
abstract: A combination of approaches and compounds-many of which failed to yield immediate results in the past-will ultimately prove invaluable to the drug industry in the ongoing battle against infectious disease.
authors.affiliation: Cempra Pharmaceuticals Inc., 170 Southport Drive, Suite 500, Morrisville, North Carolina 27560, USA. prabha@fernandes-domain.com
authors.forename: Prabhavathi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fernandes
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000266:history / Q000592:standards; D015195:Drug Design; D004345:Drug Industry; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D015507:Drugs, Investigational / Q000592:standards*; D020834:Ethnopharmacology / Q000639:trends; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D010598:Pharmacognosy / Q000639:trends; D013678:Technology, Pharmaceutical / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000639:trends
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D015507:Drugs, Investigational