It’s part of an article I wrote called:Â [**What was the Golden Age of Antibiotics, and how can we spark a new one?**](https://ourworldindata.org/golden-age-antibiotics) In the article, you can find the data and scripts to recreate the chart.
Note: The chart only includes antibiotic classes that have already been introduced for clinical use.
What does the gradient mean?
I’m also not entirely sure what the golden age means? I’m assuming it has to do with the discovery and introduction of a large number of antibiotics? But was curious if there was anything else to it. The summary doesn’t really help me understand exactly what it means.
It also doesn’t really seem safe to introduce something within a year of discovery.
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[OC] I created this visualization with ggplot2 and Adobe Illustrator, using data compiled by [Hutchings et al. (2019)](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mib.2019.10.008).
It’s part of an article I wrote called:Â [**What was the Golden Age of Antibiotics, and how can we spark a new one?**](https://ourworldindata.org/golden-age-antibiotics) In the article, you can find the data and scripts to recreate the chart.
Note: The chart only includes antibiotic classes that have already been introduced for clinical use.
What does the gradient mean?
I’m also not entirely sure what the golden age means? I’m assuming it has to do with the discovery and introduction of a large number of antibiotics? But was curious if there was anything else to it. The summary doesn’t really help me understand exactly what it means.
It also doesn’t really seem safe to introduce something within a year of discovery.
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