A world without effective drugs to fight common infections and diseases could be just around the corner, leading to 10 million deaths a year and costing the global economy US$100 trillion by 2050.
The "devastating burden" of antimicrobial resistance will be universal but hardest felt in the developing world, according to a review commissioned by the UK government and published 11 December.
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