Dear All, In a report entitled Understanding the Antibiotic Manufacturing Ecosystem: A view of global supply chains, pressure points, and implications for antimicrobial resistance response, the Boston Consulting Group and Wellcome Trust have examined at length the questions of (i) how the #FireExtinguishersOfMedicine are made and (ii) how they can be made with the least impact
Dear All, The G7 Health Ministers met 19-20 May 2022 in Berlin. As you might expect, their communique covered a range of topics but focused on four priority areas: (1) Overcoming COVID-19, (2) Future pandemic preparedness, (3) AMR, and (4) Health risks from climate change. You should review the entire communique; I will excerpt from
Dear All, On the heels of yesterday’s (i) patient-focused meeting at the Capitol yesterday where 5 Members of Congress spoke in person (video, press release) in support of passage of the PASTEUR Act and (ii) strong shout-out to PASTEUR by Congressman Mike Doyle during the Energy and Commerce Committee markup session, CARB-X today announced commitments of
Dear All, Building on last year’s call from PFID to declare 18 May the annual “Squash Superbugs Day of Action,” we have a flurry of activity beginning tomorrow. See the list just below and participate as much as you can — the hashtag #SquashSuperbugs is highly recommended for your social media posts! In addition to just
Dear All (and with thanks to Kevin Outterson for being lead author on this newsletter), (wonkish alert on this one … refresh your coffee and dig in!) The Center for Global Development have released a blog post and a paper estimating the potential impact of the PASTEUR Act. Here’s what you need: Blog: “The World Needs New Antibiotics.
Dear All, Today we have several useful papers to share. First, OHE (Office of Health Economics, London) have posted a 4-part blog series that provides a succinct summary of the broken economics of antibiotics. The titles are good guides to content: Part 1: Why NICE and NHS England are Testing an Innovative HTA and Payment
Dear All (and with thanks to Kevin Outterson for co-authoring this newsletter), Exciting and intriguing news to share about PASTEUR (and see this 16 June 2021 newsletter if you need a refresher on the ideas behind PASTEUR)! A new draft is now circulating with the intent of attaching it to a larger bill that is on track
Dear All (wonkish alert … get your coffee!), EFPIA have recently released a report estimating the value of a Transferable Exclusivity Extension (TEE, report, press release) that provides new generalized insights into ways to think about the value of new antibiotics and the appropriate size of the Pull rewards needed to bring that new antibiotic
Dear All, The US Government is now building its budget for FY23 (Federal Year 2023, really runs 1 Oct 22 to 30 Sep 23). We had proposals from the House for the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) budget in late June; and the proposal from Senate was released on 28 Jul 2022. Each
Dear All, Two stops on our tour today: (i) an excellent survey of incentive models and (ii) a final communique from the recent G7 meetings. First up, CGD (Center for Global Development) have released a report (link) entitled “Leveraging Purchasing Systems to Ensure Access, Stewardship, and Innovation: A Landscape Review of Current and Potential Market Structures
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