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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

20 May 2021 No Comments

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

11 May 2021 No Comments

Amended Indian PPL slide / SUPERBUGS Act / Novo REPAIR Global Call

Dear All, Three bits of news you can use… First, when I wrote yesterday about the new Indian Priority Pathogen List (PPL), I said that it was similar to the WHO PPL list except for the addition of Staphylococcus epidermidis (and speculated that this relates to the role of S. epidermidis in neonatal sepsis). Well, it

18 March 2021 No Comments

CDC call for AMR-related proposals: 13 Jan 2021 deadline for white papers

Dear All, Just out is a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA 75D301-21-R-71738) from CDC with a 13 Jan 2021 deadline for white papers. The webpage for the BAA is here and you’ll need to look at the .pdf of the solicitation to understand all the possibilities. The AMR-related research areas include calls for proposals that would: Improve identification of bacteria

16 December 2020 No Comments

Global survey of novel antibiotic reimbursement models / PASTEUR Act introduced to US House

Dear All (wonkish alert, but the details are fascinating … and with thanks to Kevin Outterson for co-authoring!), Two related items of note for today. First, the PASTEUR Act was introduced today (press release from Rep. Doyle; press release from Rep. Ferguson) into the US House of Representatives by the bipartisan team of U.S. Representatives

9 December 2020 No Comments

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 its Applicant Assistance Program (AAP). The AAP provides no cost support for US-based companies planning to apply for a Phase II, Fast Track, or Direct-to-Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) or Small Business Technology

24 October 2020 No Comments

Help Alan Carr with a point survey on COVID-19 vaccines!

Dear All, Once again, we’re going to have a brief change from our usual programming with this newsletter. I hope you recognize the name Alan Carr … he is an analyst at Needham & Company (https://www.needhamco.com/) who writes regularly on the antibacterial pipeline. Go here for the most recent (14 Aug 20) newsletter on his summaries:

29 September 2020 No Comments

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) and NHS England launched a joint project July 2019 to test a payment model for antibiotic products, based on a product’s value to the NHS, rather than how much is used. This goal of the

22 June 2020 No Comments

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 is on: Pathogens: from the high-priority list of the World Health Organization and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Therapies: first-in-class therapies have priority Modalities: small molecules, biologics and new modalities Phases: from the

8 June 2020 No Comments

Tender call: Global AMR R&D Hub seeks analyses of the market potential of four types of AMR products

Dear All, The G20-sponsored Global AMR R&D Hub (https://globalamrhub.org/) has recently published a call requesting proposals to estimate the market potential of four AMR-focused products. The call for tender is ID E47567917 and can be found at this link. The proposal requests bids to estimate the global market potential of these 4 types of products:

25 May 2020 No Comments

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