CARB-XCombating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator (CARB-X) is an industry alliance to support research and development projects in AMR. Since its inception in 2016, CARB-X has supported 114 R&D projects across 14 countries, leading to 18 projects advancing into or completing clinical trials. EBM talked to CARB-X Executive Director Kevin Outterson.
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Image by freepikAntimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a huge threat to the prevention and treatment of a growing number of infections caused by bacteria, parasites, viruses, and fungi. A public-private partnership involving nine European projects and 98 organisations is now calling for long-term investment to maintain Europe’s ability to research and develop new antibiotics.
How to stop the silent pandemic AMR was discussed by 500 experts from 13 countries at the 7th AMR Conference in Basel. At that time, in Brussels, there were two proposals on the table on how to compensate novel resistance-breaking antimicrobials, from which one got the green light in the new pharma legislation.