The antibiotics market generated sales of US$42 billion in 2009 globally, representing 46% of sales of anti-infective agents (which also include antiviral drugs and vaccines) and 5% of the global ...

Of those, at least 23,000 die. By 2050, the chart below shows, antibiotic-resistant bugs could kill an estimated 10 million people each year. Shockingly, this would surpass even cancer.