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"Mr President, I believe this debate is of paramount importance, and I would like to thank those who took the initiative of holding it. Resistance to antimicrobials and antibiotics, in particular, is a growing problem. The 25 000 deaths that occur annually in the EU cannot be justified by any means, and it is just as critical that many people end up trying to treat their health problems and die due to the cure, because they are affected by resistant bacteria. This is why health care, not being a business, cannot be dependent on interest or lack thereof from the pharmaceutical industry when developing new medicines.
This is merely a symptom, and a symptom of two things in particular: firstly, it is a symptom of the lack of public investment in this area and of the abuse of antibiotics; and secondly, and I would like to highlight this in particular, it is a symptom of the food industry and the way it has been using antibiotics. Therefore, as this is a public health problem, an economic problem, a social problem and a clinical problem, we have to go much further than producing new medicines.
What is at stake here is new research and new innovation. I apologise for repeating myself, but we should also be able to work better in terms of preventing and moderating our use of antibiotics. All initiatives are therefore welcome; although it is late in the day, they may still be effective."@en1
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