Dear All, MyCARE, a fungal patient advocacy organization, and the Partnership to Fight Infectious Diseases (PFID), are sending a letter to the California Congressional Delegation asking them to weigh in U.S. House and Senate leadership to pass the PASTEUR Act by the end of the year. The state of California has the largest Congressional delegation and
Dear All, Four big reports have recently been released and are very much worth reviewing. First, the Global AMR R&D Hub and the WHO AMR Team have written a report entitled “Incentivising the development of new antibacterial treatments“. This report is a response to a 2021 request by the G7 Finance Ministers for a report on
Dear All, Greetings from Porto (Portugal) where we’ve just ended the 2024 edition of the ESCMID-ASM Developer’s Meeting .. a superb congress with contributions from EMA, FDA, young investigators, older investigators, and points between. I enjoyed meeting so many of you this week! Three items today, all on the path to next week’s United Nations General Assembly High-Level
Dear All, The AMR HLM (High-Level Meeting) at the UN General Assembly starts at 10a ET today. You can watch it here on UN TV: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k11/k11knc6w2t Addendum: It’s available for replay at that same link. See also the 1 Oct 2024 newsletter for a review of the HLM. All best wishes, –jr John H. Rex, MD
This is the fifth of a 5-part newsletter series. There is an initial 27 Sep 2023 newsletter introducing the EPA concept note, a second (28 Sep 2023) newsletter that expands on the EPA concept note, a third (12 Jan 2024) newsletter about ending the use of streptomycin spray on citrus crops, and a 4th newsletter (27 Jan 2024) containing some additional resources. Dear All, Excitingly, the US EPA
This is the third of a 5-part newsletter series. There is an initial 27 Sep 2023 newsletter introducing the EPA concept note, a second (28 Sep 2023) newsletter that expands on the EPA concept note, a 4th newsletter (27 Jan 2024) containing some additional resources, and a fifth newsletter (11 Oct 2024) about the EPA’s collaborative framework for evaluating the AMR risks of antibacterial and antifungal
This is the second of a 5-part newsletter series. There is an initial 27 Sep 2023 newsletter introducing the EPA concept note, a third (12 Jan 2024) newsletter about ending the use of streptomycin spray on citrus crops, a 4th newsletter (27 Jan 2024) containing some additional resources, and a fifth newsletter (11 Oct 2024) about the EPA’s collaborative framework for evaluating the
This is the first of a 5-part newsletter series. There is a second (28 Sep 2023) newsletter that expands on the EPA concept note, a third (12 Jan 2024) newsletter about ending the use of streptomycin spray on citrus crops, a 4th newsletter (27 Jan 2024) containing some additional resources, and a fifth newsletter (11
Dear All (wonkish alert … but definitely worth the effort! Refill your coffee!),Ramanan Laxminarayan and about 40 colleagues from around the world have just published in the Lancet a GLORIOUS collection of papers on the theme of “Sustainable Access to Effective Antibiotics.”There are six papers in total for you to digest: An Executive Summary, four papers with
Dear All (with thanks to Kevin for leading on this newsletter and with a wonkish / long-read alert on this email … settle in for the ride!), Great news from TEAM UK! As of 12 August, the UK Subscription Program is no longer a pilot but is fully operational with an initial application deadline of