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14 June Duke-Margolis workshop on non-traditional products: Post-meeting materials

Dear All: I wrote previously about the Duke-Margolis workshop done in collaboration with FDA on the challenges of developing non-traditional antimicrobial products. We’re now back from that workshop and I can report that it was excellent. We covered an array of strategies for non-traditional products and heard an exceptional series of company case vignettes. I’ll say that

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Public opinion poll (US): 70%+ agree need for government intervention addressing AMR, including support for AMR R&D

Dear All: IDSA and Research!America have worked together to conduct a broadly representative opinion poll in the United States regarding AMR. The project was supported by Pfizer and surveyed 1,004 adults in the US during October 2018. Key results: Less encouraging but probably an improvement from the past, 1/3rd of respondents thought antibiotics were effective

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International Course on Antibiotics and Resistance ICARe, 11-19 Nov 2017

Dear All: FYI, see below an announcement of an 8-day intensive course in Paris in November 2017: “ICARe is designed for early career scientists – assistant professors, new industry scientists, MDs, and postdoctoral research associates – as well as members from developing areas contending with the practical challenge of managing the antibiotic resistance problem with

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New OHE report on incentives for antibiotics

Dear All: Just hitting my inbox today is this report from OHE. The paper reviews in detail the incentive proposals in the 2016 O’Neill Report on incentives from the UK AMR Review commissioned by UK government and the 2017 GUARD Report entitled “A Call for Concerted Action on Antibiotics Research and Development” commissioned by the German government. This well-written and detailed paper is a welcome

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New economic models for antibiotics: Are we there yet? No, but we ARE on the road

Dear All, The Duke-Margolis team hosted an excellent full-day workshop on 16 Jan 2020. Entitled “Exploring Opportunities to Reform Antimicrobial Payment and Post-Market Incentives” and chaired by Mark McClellan, the workshop’s outstanding cast of presenters and discussants provided a thorough discussion of both the need for new payment models and and the many ongoing activities focused

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