After an explosion in the 80s and early 90s, antibiotic development ground to a halt as we &#x27;won&#x27; the war. [1]<p>Researchers and funding moved on to sexier things. From a capitalist perspective, it&#x27;s much better to wait for resistant bacteria than produce yet another antibiotic in a crowded field.<p>It&#x27;s starting to pick up again. My money is on a continued battle until we develop nanomachines or wipe ourselves out.<p>[1]<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Timeline_of_antibiotics" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Timeline_of_antibiotics</a>