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Colistin is nephrotoxic / Antibiotic stewardship knowledge gaps / Fire extinguisher video
Dear All, To start your week, we have three tidbits for consideration. First, results from a trial entitled “Colistin versus meropenem ...
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UK NHS Antibiotic Subscription Pilot: Game (almost) on!
Dear All, 3 Apr 2020 update: Significant additional details on the pilot were shared via a 29 Mar 2020 webinar ...
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18-19 Nov 2019 FDA-IDSA-NIH-Pew Workshop: Enhancing Antibacterial Trials in the US
Dear All, Long note alert: Set aside at least 30 minutes for this one … there’s a lot of important ...
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Looking forward: The global pre-clinical antibacterial pipeline / How will we care for these precious jewels?
Dear All, Long note alert! There are two deep and deeply connected topics to share today. Refresh your coffee and ...
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CDC’s 2019 update to its 2013 Antibiotic Resistance Report — A superb update!
Dear All, I’ve been hearing rumors about this report for a couple of weeks but now it’s out! The US ...
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CMS foreshadows reimbursement actions/ GARDP’s 5-year plan / WHO toolkit / UK AMR Review update
Dear All, Today’s topics all share the theme of Less Talk, More Action! Here we go… First up … news from the ...
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Ways to talk about AMR / Powerful new insights into messages that do (and do NOT) work
Dear All: Verbatim comments from interviews with 12,000 people in Germany, India, Japan, Kenya, the UK, the USA and Thailand: ...
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BARDA seeks to support a VC-like mechanism for Medical Countermeasure (MCM) innovation / Your chance to provide input!
Dear All, BARDA is (yet again!) pushing the envelope with novel ways to support innovation. Their DRIVe group has just released an ...
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CARB-X at work! New funding round, new job opportunities
Dear All, Two things on a Friday afternoon: First,CARB-X Funding Round 4 will be open from 12-19 Nov 2019 for Expressions ...
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Save the date: 18-19 Nov 2019 FDA-IDSA-NIAID-Pew-sponsored workshop: “How can we improve antibacterial development?”
Dear All, Please mark your calendar now to be in the Washington, DC area on 18-19 Nov 2019 for a 2-day ...
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ASM-ESCMID (3-6 Sep 2019, Boston): Post-meeting notes and annotated presentations
Dear All, Apologies for the delay, but I’ve held off on this note until the majority of the presentations from ...
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Superb podcast series: From “We can treat your cancer but you’ll die of infection” to “Tracking AMR by analyzing airplane toilet waste”
Dear All, I previously wrote (link) about the first of Jason Gale‘s 4-part podcast series on AMR. The whole series is ...
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DHHS Secretary Alex Azar, CDC, and Dame Sally Davies: An event to celebrate AMR fighters around the globe
Dear All, If you’re going to be in New York City on 23 Sep for the UN General Assembly, you ...
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Superb podcasts x 2: “Your cancer will be controlled, but you may die of infection” and “Pharma needs to be (and stay) engaged”
Dear All, Clear analyses by our colleagues in the science-focused media are invaluable ways to educate both ourselves and others: ...
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Clostridioides difficile / CARB-X Year 3 Annual Report / White House OSTP seeks input on the US Bioeconomy
Dear All, Committing serial email this afternoon… First, the note I just sent on FMT for Clostridium difficile (link) prompted comments that the ...
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FDA public hearing on Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT) to Treat Clostridium difficile
Dear All, On 4 Nov 2019 at their White Oak Campus, FDA will hold a public hearing from 9a-4p on ...
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Novo REPAIR’s 2019 US-Canada funding round is open; Global AMR R&D hub seeks your input
Dear All, Two time-limited opportunities have been announced in the past few days. First, the Novo REPAIR Impact Fund has opened ...
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Alan Carr’s Sep 2019 Antibacterial-Antifungal Update; Pews’ updated pipeline review
Dear All, First, Alan Carr’s Sep 2019 Antibiotic and Antifungal Update (link) is, as usual, required reading (see also this prior blog). Key ...
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WHO wants your input on its draft TPPs for needed antibacterial agents
Dear All, WHO has developed a set of draft TPPs (target product profiles) for needed new antibiotics. As part of ...
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India bans food ag use of colistin / CDC updates report on US use of antibiotics
Dear All, Two mid-week notes: First (and huge!), India’s Ministry of Health issued a notification last week prohibiting the “manufacture, sale and ...
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