Dear All, Today’s news is that the House PASTEUR sponsors (Drew Ferguson [R-GA-3], Scott Peters [D-CA-50], Jake LaTurner [RKS-2] and Mike Levin [D-CA-49]) are urging House leadership to authorize the PASTEUR Act without initially having funding attached. Although this may seem counterintuitive, initial passage as a $0 bill is a solid strategy — it is common
Dear All, In a 28 Feb 2024 newsletter entitled “How Economists (And Finance Ministers) Think…”, we reviewed an important new paper on the economics of antibiotics from Anthony McDonnell and his colleagues at CGD (Center for Global Development). The paper’s core theme was that the antibiotic market represents a set of market failures which collectively converge
Dear All, If you follow US politics, you will know that the USG (US Government) is beginning its appropriations process for FY2025 (Federal Year 2025). In preparation, a letter calling for AMR-related funding has been drafted by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), AdvaMedDx, American Society for Microbiology (ASM), Association for Professionals in Infection Control
Dear All, Anthony McDonnell and his colleagues at CGD (Center for Global Development) have just released a truly lovely paper on the economics of antibiotic resistance. What makes this one special is that the paper dissects the problem of AMR through an economist’s spectacles in a way that is very accessible to the non-expert. You
Dear All (and with thanks to Damiano, Peter and Aleks for co-authoring), Some great news to start off 2024 on the right foot: the Novo Nordisk Foundation has announced that it will fund CARB-X with a three-year grant of USD 25 million! The Novo Nordisk Foundation joins four governments (Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States)
Dear All (and with thanks to Damiano for taking the lead on this newsletter): In advance of Italy assuming the G7 Presidency for 2024, The European House – Ambrosetti (an Italian think tank and management consulting firm) published a new report on 15 November 2023 entitled “Value and sustainability of antibiotics as essential tools for the healthcare
Dear All (and with thanks to Kevin for co-authoring), In a clear and compelling policy paper, a dozen of the DRIVE-AB alumni have proposed a concept for a pan-EU/EEA Pull Incentive. To follow the plot, here are the key points as a refresh: To date, the only strong, active Pull model is the UK NHS project that
Dear All, As we discussed in the 5 Nov 2023 “Pulling for Pandemic Preparedness” newsletter, AMR is a global threat: resistance in one part of the world can suddenly appear in your hospital. As an example of that sort of threat, Jason Gale’s 30 Oct 2023 newsletter entitled “Untreatable Typhoid Should Make You Worry About Poop”
Dear All, This evening I’d like to bring together several relatively recent reports and note how all of them focus in one way or another on Pulling for Pandemic Preparedness … perhaps we can call this the Rule of 3 Ps. And as an aside, I’ll note that I learned the Rule of 4 Ps
Dear All, Exciting additional news merits two newsletters in one day! I’ll keep it brief and quote directly from the website: “Innovate UK, LifeArc, and Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) have joined forces to create PACE (Pathways to Antimicrobial Clinical Efficacy), a £30 million initiative supporting early-stage innovation against antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to save lives. PACE has today (19 October 2023) announced