Tag Archive for: Antibiotic resistance

Antimicrobial 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.