Fecal transplants outcompeted traditional antibiotics at curing a deadly intestinal infection.
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The total number of new drugs approved this year ties last year for the highest since 2004, suggesting that the pharmaceutical industry is recovering.
The US Food and Drug Administration is taking steps to get new devices on the market sooner—and antibiotics may be next.
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