Dear All, Novel antibacterial agents, vaccines, and diagnostics will do little if they are not widely available and used responsibly. CDDEP’s recent report entitled “The State of the World’s Antibiotics in 2021” makes this very clear: “… more people in LMICs (low-middle-income countries) die from lack of access to antimicrobials than from resistant infection.” Hence, CARB-X has
Dear All, The Wellcome Trust Drug-Resistant Infections team wants to understand what researchers in academia and SMEs need to enable them to be better able to make progress with their early antibiotic discovery projects. Although some programs are now in place (e.g., the accelerator support provided by CARB-X), what are the remaining barriers? To help
Dear All: Wellcome Trust (WT) is seeking a Science Lead for WT’s Drug-Resistant Program (DRI) programme. This is a very senior role with global reach: the Science Lead reports to the Head of the DRI programme and has direct responsibility for leading the team that executes and monitors the DRI science strategy. The DRI program spans 4 pillars:
Dear All: Just released today is an RFP (see text just below my signature) to develop a business plan for the design, funding, and implementation of a sustainable clinical trial network for developing new antibacterial agents. The core of this idea emerged in early 2016 based on debates about the potential value of a network focused on a
Dear All: As we head into the Easter and Passover weekend, three new calls for proposals have emerged! Perhaps one of these is for you? The US CDC has released a Broad Agency Announcement (FY2018-OADS-BAA) seeking proposals for projects across a range of areas (diagnostics, transmission, microbiome disruption, resistance genes in the environment, and stewardship). Initial proposals
Dear All: I have just learned that Wellcome Trust is seeking applications to address an RFP (Request for Proposal) for two pieces of work designed to support the recently created UN Interagency Coordination Group (IACG) on AMR. RFP #1 is for a review of the roles, responsibilities and remit of UN organisations in relation to AMR, identifying
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