R&D Insight

WHO: AMR Policy Brief and Preclinical pipeline data call

Dear All, Supplementing and augmenting their review of the clinical and preclinical pipeline through 31 Dec 2023 (see the 15 June 2024 newsletter for details), WHO have now released: A call for data on preclinical antibacterial projects Scope: Traditional and non-traditional antibacterial candidates covering the WHO bacterial priority pathogens as well as other resistant pathogens of public health

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All-in cost of a new antibiotic from discovery to 10 years on market

Dear All (and with thanks to Kevin Krause for co-authoring this newsletter), The elements that contribute to the all-in cost of an antibiotic have been reviewed in two prior newsletters: 6 Mar 2020 (focused on cost of R&D to approval): What does an antibiotic cost to develop? What is it worth? How to afford it? 7 Jan

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EPA (Part 4): Further resources

This is the fourth of a 5-part newsletter series. There is an initial 27 Sep 2023 newsletter introducing the EPA concept note, a second (28 Sep 2023) newsletter that expands on the EPA concept note, a third (12 Jan 2024) newsletter about ending the use of streptomycin spray on citrus crops, and a fifth newsletter (11 Oct 2024) about the EPA’s collaborative framework for evaluating the AMR

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EPA (part 2, streptomycin!) / $104m ARPA-H BAA and AMR project

This is the second of a 5-part newsletter series. There is an initial 27 Sep 2023 newsletter introducing the EPA concept note, a third (12 Jan 2024) newsletter about ending the use of streptomycin spray on citrus crops, a 4th newsletter (27 Jan 2024) containing some additional resources, and a fifth newsletter (11 Oct 2024) about the EPA’s collaborative framework for evaluating the

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Impact of PASTEUR: 9.9m lives saved, ROI of 125:1

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!) Bonnifield and Towse of 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:

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PACE: A £5m funding round for diagnostics

Dear All, The peri-UNGA week is generating a lot of activity! Having about a year ago launched a £30m fund for support of AMR innovation with a call for therapeutic projects (30 Oct 2023 newsletter; I am told that awards will be announced soon), PACE (Pathways to Antimicrobial Clinical Efficacy, a joint project of LifeArc,

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Non-traditional antibiotics: A pipeline review and an analysis of key development challenges

Dear All, Non-traditional alternatives to antibiotics have excited a lot of interest in the past few years but we’ve seen relatively few of these progress in a meaningful way (go here for Pew’s recent survey of the development landscape). Providing insights into the challenges of this area, two valuable and complementary articles on non-traditional antibiotics have recently

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R&D Implications: Global Burden of Disease is 28% Infectious!

17 Sep 2024 update: This is now the second of a 3-part newsletter series! See also part 1 (“#AMRSOS! GRAM report: ‘at least 1.27m deaths/year directly attributable to AMR’“) and part 3 (17 Sep 2024: “#AMRSOS! AMR could worsen, killing 39m during 2025-2050”). Dear All (with thanks to Erin Duffy for co-authoring and with a wonkish

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