Rib - X working on cure for super bugs

IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THOSE NEW 'SUPER-BUGS'... ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANT GERMS... ARE CAUSING MORE THAN 300-THOUSAND HOSPITALIZATIONS... AND MORE THAN 100-THOUSAND DEATHS EVERY YEAR IN THIS COUNTRY.THERE'S WORD TONIGHT THAT SOME 'SUPER-BUG' RESEARCHERS IN NEW NATION TO GET 'FAST-TRACK' APPROVAL UNDER A NEW FEDERAL LAW. CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT MARK DAVIS HAS DETAILS ON REMOVING THE GOVERNMENT 'ROAD BLOCKS' FOR THE NEW SUPER-BUG-DRUGS. AT "RIB-X PHARMACEUTICALS" IN NEW HAVEN...NEARLY FORTY RESESEARCHERS ARE WORKING ON PROBLEMS OF MODERN MEDICINE. THEY'RE WORKING ON A CURE FOR RESISTANT SUPER BUGS...LIKE MRSA.ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANT OVER THE LAST DECADE. ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANT MRSA INFECTIONS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OVER 17-THOUSAND DEATHS A HAVE DOUBLED IN JUST FIVE YEARS. ANTIBIOTIC RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS ARE ALSO ON THE RISE. TWO NEW DRUGS, IN TRIALS HERE SHOW GREAT PROMISE IN BOTH SKIN AND LUNG INFECTIONS.[DUFFY] "WE'VE DONE KNOW VERY WELL THAT IT WILL SINUSITIS AND LUNG INFECTIONS AND WE KNOW THAT IT WILL COVER WHAT'S CALLED ACUTE BACTERIAL THE WORK BEING DONE HERE STEMS FROM ORIGINAL RESEARCH DONE AT ALMOST THE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF A USE OF UNIVERSITY BASIC RESEARCH...TAKING THAT BASIC RESEARCH AND TURNING IT INTO A PRODUCT FOR PATIENTS." UNDER A NEW FEDERAL LAW...THE 'RIB-X' DRUGS ARE GOING TO LOT FASTER...WITHIN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.[BLUMENTHAL] "THIS TO BE DESIGNATED UNDER THIS BILL TO RECEIVE 'FAST TRACK' APPROVAL SO THEIR NEW DRUGS CAN HELP SAVE LIVES MORE QUICKLY...WE REMOVED THE 'ROAD BLOCKS' THAT GOVERNMENT ALL TOO OFTEN HAS PUT IN THEIR GET PRIORITY REVIEW BY THE F-D-A...AND THE COMPANY GETS INSTEAD OF THE USUAL FIVE...ALLOWING IT TO EARN ESTIMATED BILLION DOLLARS THAT'S BEEN INVESTED IN THIS MARK DAVIS, NEWS 8.