Next-generation antimicrobial therapies for lethal drug-resistant bacterial infections Learn More Multi-Drug Resistant Bacteria Bacteria have evolved ways to evade the use of antimicrobials, leading to the rise of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria. By 2050, drug-resistant bacteria will kill more than 10 million people every year By 2050, drug-resistant bacteria will kill more people annually than cancer. By 2050, one person will die every 3 seconds due to untreatable bacterial infections.