Roche in $550m deal for superbug-fighting antibiotic

ZURICH: Swiss drugmaker Roche will pay up to 500 million Swiss francs or $548 million for an experimental antibiotic, marking a rare foray by a major pharmaceutical firm into the battle against so-called "superbug" infections found in hospitals.

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