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Technological challenges in antibiotic discovery and development is the summary of a workshop convened by the chemical sciences roundtable in september 2013 to explore the current state of antibiotic discovery and examine the technology available to facilitate development. Technological challenges in antibiotic discovery and development is the summary of a workshop convened by the chemical sciences roundtable in september 2013 to explore the current state of antibiotic discovery and examine the technology available to facilitate development through formal presentations and panel discussions participants from academia industry federal research agencies . On september 23 2013 the csr held a one day workshop on the technical challenges in antibiotic discovery and development that explored the current state of antibiotic discovery examined the technology available to facilitate development discussed the technical challenges present identified novel approaches to antibiotic discovery and discussed the incentives and disincentives industry faces in antibiotic development. Technological challenges in antibiotic discovery and development is the summary of a workshop convened by the chemical sciences roundtable in september 2013 to explore the current state of antibiotic discovery and examine the technology available to facilitate development through formal presentations and panel discussions participants from . Antibiotic resistance is a serious and growing problem in modern medicine and it is emerging as a preeminent public health threat each year in the united states alone at least two million people acquire serious infections with bacteria that are resistant to one or more antibiotics and at least 23000 people die annually as a direct result of these antibiotic resistant infections cdc 2013