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Daily Dose of Disbelief!

A new antibiotic. But where’s the vaccine for cancer, baldness, or people who chew loudly?

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Chris Geiger
Jun 01, 2025
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Well this is jolly good news isn’t it? Roche, the pharmaceutical giant with more laboratories than I have questionable opinions… has announced they’re entering final testing for a new antibiotic. Yes, an actual proper new antibiotic. One that hasn’t been seen before in about half a bloody century.

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The drug’s name? Zosurabalpin. A name that sounds less li…

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