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G7 Finance Ministers call for Pull; US-specific text cites PASTEUR and a PASTEUR backup plan!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0-xt3FrAGU&ab_channel=AMR.SolutionswithDr.JohnRex Dear All, VERY exciting news on the Pull incentive front: The G7 Finance Ministers have released a statement on Actions to Support Antibiotic Development, aiming to strengthen G7 preparedness against the “silent pandemic” of antimicrobial resistance. Implicitly, this is a statement that is agreed and endorsed by the political leadership of each country —

14 December 2021 No Comments

Woot, woot! Cures 2.0 introduced; PASTEUR Act is a key feature!

Dear All, Following release back in June of a preview (22 June 2021 newsletter), we now have the official introduction of Cures 2.0 by the bipartisan team of U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Fred Upton (R-MI)! Here are the links you need: Cures 2.0 legislation is available here. Section-by-section summary of the bill is available here. There

16 November 2021 No Comments

Building momentum for delinked incentives: Key upcoming webinars

Dear All, A brief note today as I am traveling (yes, really … first time in almost 18 months) but wanted to share these 3 important upcoming meetings. The theme I expect to hear running through them all is that (i) innovation is possible (the CARB-X Year 5 report is amazing!), (ii) new antibiotics must both

17 October 2021 No Comments

Outstanding discussions of Pull, the NHS Pilot, and Antibiotic value

Dear All, The BEAM Alliance, along with its partners (CARB-X, the Novo REPAIR Impact Fund, the IMI AMR Accelerator, and the European Biotechnology Magazine) converted their annual AMR conference into a virtual event held 24-26 Aug 2021. As usual, it was excellent! I know we’re all really, REALLY tired of virtual meetings but the 2h/day x 3 day themed format worked well:

14 September 2021 No Comments

WHO-FAO-OIE-UNEP survey on a multi-stakeholder AMR platform

Dear All (this newsletter experiments with an Executive Summary/Details format; let me know what you think), (Executive Summary) As a further support for implementation of recommendations from the UN Interagency Coordination Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (IACG AMR), the Tripartite Plus (WHO-FAO-OIE-UNEP) are seeking to create a Partnership Platform that will “engage institutions representing states, markets and

25 August 2021 No Comments

Consultancy: Sustainability framework for off-patent antibiotics // The Third Man

Dear All, I have just learned that the AMR Industry Alliance has posted an RFP for a consultant to support the work of its Access Working Group with applications for the RFP due 24 September 2021. The consultancy project focuses on the root causes of (or lack thereof!) supply chain resilience for off-patent antibiotics, including stockouts, shortages

15 September 2021 No Comments

Beyond Pull: Maximizing availability + (appropriate!) use / Help needed!

Dear All, Today we have two interwoven topics to consider: An analysis of research priorities (not all technical!) and a triad of related initiatives, each of which comes with an opportunity for you to starting working on some of those priorities! First up, we have an excellent new paper summarizing the perspective of 32 experts

5 July 2021 No Comments

Appropriate pull incentive for new antibacterials: $2.2-4.8b for full delinkage

Dear All (and with thanks to Kevin Outterson for authoring this newsletter), Readers of these newsletters will need few reminders of why pull incentives are critical to restoring the R&D ecosystem for antibacterials. (But if you are new to the issue, Andrew Jack’s 5-minute video explainer is a great start; see also this annotated list

1 November 2021 No Comments

“Astonishing mismatch”: Market potential of AMR tools vs. patient needs

Dear All, We have today an excellent report from the Global AMR R&D Hub entitled “Estimating Global Patient Needs and Market Potential for Priority Health Technologies Addressing Antimicrobial Resistance.” Both the bottom line and the key message of the report are clearly stated in the Preface: “… we hope that by showing the astonishing mismatch

20 August 2021 No Comments

Pull incentives in the EU / Statements by Commissioner Kyriakides

Dear All (and note the related 28 Nov 2020 newsletter), Stella Kyriakides, the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, made some really interesting statements before the European Parliament’s health committee (ENVI) on Thursday of last week (22 April). Per this Exchange of Views on the EP’s multimedia center and this news report, here are some

29 April 2021 No Comments

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