Merck Triggers The Race to Replace Cubist – Forbes

A real healthcare crisis has been in the works for the last half-century and it has nothing to do with the cost of healthcare, although you could argue it has something to do with the price of it. It has everything to do with the phenomenon of antibiotic drug resistance. Some of the best investment strategies begin with identifying an important need and filling that need. In biotech and healthcare investing, identifying crucial needs is often linked to matters of life and death, and with regard to Cubist, Merck may have hit the proverbial jackpot in the field of antibiotics and drug resistance.

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