Government Action

Canada says, “Let’s pull together!” in a major new report

Dear All (and with thanks to Kevin for co-authoring): Yesterday saw the release of a major new report on Pull incentives from Canada! The report’s cover art eloquently summarizes its key message: Well said … and proves that a picture really is worth 1,000 words! Here are the links you’ll need: The report’s webpage at the

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Canada joins UK and Germany to support CARB-X; Japan’s MHLW investigates Pull!

Dear All, Some great news today! We have visible evidence of global government action in support of the addressing our antibiotic gaps. First, CARB-X has announced that Canada has now joined its coalition of funders with a pledge of $6.3m! Woot, woot! Go Team Canada!  Second, the UK and Germany have renewed their funding support with commitments of GBP

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MHLW plan to pilot Pull incentives in Japan: Further details

Dear All, As a follow up the 19 Aug 2023 newsletter on MHLW’s work on Pull incentives (and with thanks to Yann Ferrise of GARDP for pointing out this out), we have an update in the 7 Aug 2023 edition of Nikkan Yakugyo (https://nk.jiho.jp/article/183026). It’s in Japanese and so again I must apologize for my lack

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EU Council Recommendation adopted! But what does it mean?

Dear All, During their recent turn to hold the EU presidency (1 Jan to 30 Jun 2023), the Swedes have steadily pushed AMR as one of their top priorities. As part of this, Sweden used their most recent presidency to release a motion to adopt a Council Recommendation on fighting AMR. Here are the parallel links that

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AMR Hearing in Congress, PASTEUR re-introduced … and more!

Dear All, It’s been a busy 48 hours .. three (and a half) things for you! First up, you will find notes below my signature on today’s “Antimicrobial Resistance: Examining an Emerging Public Health Threat” hearing in the US House of Representatives. The recording of today’s hearing is now available on YouTube. It was a fabulous 2 hours

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European Commission: Proposed Pull incentives!

Note: Be sure to see the forward calendar: there is a webinar on 9 May during which Mark McClellan will speak with Sen. Todd Young, co-sponsor of the recently reintroduced PASTEUR Act! Don’t miss it! Dear All, For today’s note, we will be doing a dive into some very exciting AMR-related proposed legislation released by

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The road to UNGA 2024: Global action on AMR!

Dear All, Greetings from ECCMID 2023 in Copenhagen! The days are busy, but last night we had a joint session between ECCMID and the Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (GLG) entitled “Forging partnerships between science and policy: A high-level Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) event” had an excellent scientific program focused on prevention and use of diagnostics, but

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