以经济学家奥尼尔（Jim O’Neil）牵头进行的抗生素抗药性研究（Review on Antimicrobial Resistance）指出，如果当前趋势持续，抗药性传染病将在2050年夺走1 000万人的生命，在未来35年中给全球经济带来100多万亿美元的损失。
Research commissioned by the Review on Antimicrobial Resistance, headed by the economist Jim O’Neill, has calculated that if current trends continue, drug-resistant infections will kill ten million people a year by 2050 and cost the global economy some $100 trillion over the next 35 years.