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NIAID BAA To Support In Vitro Diagnostic Product Development

Dear All, Excitingly, NIAID has released a new BAA (Broad Agency Announcement) entitled “Diagnostics Pre-Clinical Services Program.” Similar to the prior BAA for support of biopharmaceutical product development, this new BAA for diagnostic devices seeks a group who can manage a “multiple award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type contract” (read that slowly!) and through it offer a comprehensive

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ICARS seeks Executive Director

Dear All, An interesting job listing for you today! The International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions (ICARS) is looking for an Executive Director. You can see more details on their vacancies page but here are some important details direct from ICARS — ICARS now seeks to appoint its first Executive Director to lead the organisation through its next

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Comment on US 2023-2026 National Health Security Strategy

Dear All, The US Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness & Response (ASPR) is looking for comments on the 2023-2026 National Health Security Strategy (NHSS). They would like input from stakeholders in public health, healthcare, emergency management, national security, non-governmental organizations, academia, and private industry.  Their specific questions to consider are: What are the most critical national health

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Updating WHO’s Bacterial Priority Pathogen List: Call for advisors

Dear All, Deadline: 15 August 2021: The World Health Organization (WHO) is seeking experts to serve as members of the Advisory Group on the Bacterial Priority Pathogen List (AG BPPL). A “Call for experts” document provides information about the advisory group and the expert profiles being sought for the group. The document also provides information on

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WHO-FAO-OIE OneHealth survey on research priorities / JPIAMR-VRI integrated resistance database

Dear All, Two brief items today: First, a survey on OneHealth research priorities from WHO/FAO/OIE: “The Tripartite collaboration between World Health Organization (WHO), Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and World Organization for Animal Health (OIE)) is joining efforts to develop a One Health priority research agenda on antimicrobial resistance (AMR). “This

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Horizon Europe 2021-2027: Initial AMR-focused calls now posted!

Dear All (and with thanks to Arjon van Hengel for co-authoring), As was discussed in newsletters dated 28 Nov 2020 (a general announcement) and 29 Apr 2021 (comments by Stella Kyriakides), the EU has announced an ambitious Pharmaceutical Strategy with initiatives that includes development of Pull incentives for antimicrobials among a number of other topics (see the 28

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MTEC: A funding source for anti-infective projects that (also) have military uses

Dear All, I have recently become aware of MTEC (Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization designed to accelerate the translation of medical technologies into solutions that prevent and treat injuries and restore the health of United States military personnel.  MTEC is a public-private collaboration between the U.S. federal government and the businesses and

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Open call to fund an EU-based novel antibacterial to IND

Dear All, GNA NOW (part of the IMI AMR Accelerator; this 25 Mar 2021 press release is a good overview of the AMR Accelerator) has just announced an open call to identify a novel mechanism candidate antibacterial to add to its portfolio. For those not familiar with it, the IMI AMR Accelerator is a 295 m€ IMI program

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