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Big Pharma's Ethical Mandate

Dr. Matt explains the concept of push-and-pull incentives to entice pharmaceutical companies to invest in new antibiotics. He quotes a CEO who says that he has an ethical mandate to charge as much as possible for the antibiotics because he is accountable to shareholders and not to patients. The conversation delves into the difficulties of convincing big pharma to invest in antibiotics, which are not short-term profitable.