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Alan Carr’s August ’20 Antibiotic-Antifungal update: Required reading!
Dear All, I hope everyone is finding a bit of time to go off-line during August … always a good ...
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Important WHO job opportunity: Global governance structures for AMR-related work
Dear All, Just below my signature, you will find the details of WHO’s search for a consultant to help them ...
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Final FDA LPAD guidance: Same substance, useful clarifications
Dear All, FDA have released the final version of their LPAD (Limited Population Pathway for Antibacterial and Antifungal Drugs, really ...
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Beyond the AMR Action Fund: PBS NewsHour and Things for us all to do!
Dear All (and with thanks to Kevin Outterson for co-authoring this newsletter), While we’re all thrilled with the announcement of ...
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Estimating attributable mortality of resistant bloodstream infections: GLASS (WHO) recommended method
Dear All, WHO’s GLASS Secretariat (Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System, link) have recently released a standardized method for estimating attributable ...
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Plazomicin EU marketing application is withdrawn: Near zero market value of newly approved antibacterials
Dear All (with thanks to Kevin Outterson for co-authoring this newsletter), Last week’s announcement of the AMR Action Fund was ...
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AMR Action Fund: A $1b down payment from Industry; A call for creation of strong Pull incentives
“The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion” (Paulo Coelho) Dear All, The AMR Action Fund (https://www.amractionfund.com/) ...
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Draft FDA guidance on anti-infectives for children: It’s (mostly) all about PK and safety
Dear All (wonkish alert … the first 3 segments are non-wonkish but the last 2 are in the wonkish zone ...
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FDA: Early endpoints and late endpoints suggest a path to global regulatory convergence (Bart et al.)
Dear All (wonkish note alert … top-up your coffee and settle in!), Today we have a tour of a recent ...
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FDA analysis of 40-years of antibacterial development: Dheman et al.
Dear All (and with thanks to Kevin Outterson for co-authoring this newsletter), Just out in CID is a paper in ...
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SPIDAAR & ATLAS: Data sharing via AMR Surveillance partnerships
Dear All, Building on the ATLAS database (link) that provides open access to data from 2004 to the present out ...
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Six-month consultancy with WHO to support antibiotic stewardship
Dear All, Wow, a news-heavy day … at least two more newsletters this weekend, I think. See below my signature ...
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SAVE THE DATE: 9 July launch of a major global AMR Initiative
(Updated on 8 July 2020) Dear All, Mark your calendars now for a major global AMR initiative that will be ...
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Final CABP and HABP-VABP guidances from FDA; EU seeks to accelerate access to medicines
Dear All, Some regulatory updates today. From FDA, we have final versions of their CABP and HABP-VABP guidance documents. My ...
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NHS England Antibiotic Procurement Pilot: Call for applications!
Dear All, As has been discussed in recent newsletters (link), the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) ...
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National Academies: Nominations sought for ad hoc committee on medical and economic impact of AMR
26 Aug 2020 update: The committe has been named and some additional project commentary posted. Go here for details. — ...
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Perspectives on restoring the antibiotic ecosystem: ACS ID, June 2020 issue
Dear All, The June issue of ACS Infectious Diseases (link) is entirely devoted to the perspectives on how we can ...
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Jobs (mostly in Denmark) supporting global implementation of National Action Plans
Dear All, As recently highlighted in the 2019 reports from the World Bank (Pulling Together to Beat Superbugs, link) and ...
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Novo REPAIR Impact Fund: Global call is open through 31 July 2020
Dear All, Sharpen your pencils! The Novo REPAIR Impact Fund has just opened its 2020 call for proposals. The focus ...
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Assessing antibiotic value: DTR, fire extinguishers, and a view from Australia
Dear All (wonkish note alert — refresh your coffee before proceeding — with thanks to Kevin Outterson for co-authoring this ...
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