ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE SOLUTIONS
Have you used a fire extinguisher today? Are you using one now?
Even when there isn’t a fire, you’re using a fire extinguisher. You bought it, you stored it, and you know it will work.
Antibiotics are to infections as fire extinguishers are to fires.
Fire fighters know their tools will put out the biggest of flames but the same cannot be said for physicians.
Antibiotics provide a safety net for all of health care. This safety net is beginning to fall apart because of issues like superbugs, failing agent development pipelines, and problematic economic models.
The fire department isn’t paid per fire.
You don’t buy a fire extinguisher as the fire is breaking out.
Why subscribe to John H. Rex’s AMR Solutions?
30+ years of development and policy experience
Extensive experience overseeing antifungal and antibacterial agents thru all development phases
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Recent Newsletters
Nature publishes superb 10-paper collection on all things AMR
Dear All, Released on 21 Oct 2020, Nature has published an Outlook series on AMR. The papers are 2-4 pages …
NIAID Small Business Application Assistance Program seeks applications!
Dear All, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) put out a call on 22 Oct 2020 for applications for …
FDA workshop: Insights on inhaled antifungals and antibacterials
Dear All (wonkish alert … coffee up!), FDA held a workshop on 25 Sep 2020 on development of inhaled antifungal …
FDA workshop: Revising the process for importance-ranking of human antimicrobials to guide their use in animals
Dear All, FDA have announced that they will hold a virtual public workshop on 16 Nov 2020 (9.30a-4.00p EST) entitled “Potential …
US National Action Plan for Combatting AMR: 2020-25 update!
Dear All (and with thanks to Kevin Outterson for doing the heavy lifting on this note), As you may recall, …
WHO to create a Priority Pathogen List for Fungi! / RFP to build the list
Dear All, WHO have been thinking about the threat of resistant fungi as well as resistant bacteria. An initial discussion …
Penicillin's legacy is at risk. We need action to #StopSuperbugs 🦠 💊 pic.twitter.com/ck2WVpXReQ
— Wellcome (@wellcometrust) August 9, 2020
