CDC launching test program to print antibiotics

Annette Friskopp, vice president and general manager of Specialty Printing Systems at HP, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for the details.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched a program to test the printing of antibiotics. It’s a way of keeping up with microbes that quickly grow resistant to drugs. Annette Friskopp, vice president and general manager of Specialty Printing Systems at HP, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for the details.

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