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The ongoing AMR challenge
Suzanne Elvidge
May 06, 2024
The development of antimicrobial agents has saved many lives worldwide since the discovery of penicillin in 1928.
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Evolving World of Pharma: A Post-pandemic Future
Sarah Harding
April 27, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on our world. As many countries reach or pass their ‘peak’, we are all asking the same questions – what does the future hold, when will we get back to normal…. and what will that ‘normal’ be?
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An estimated 1.2 million people died in 2019 from antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections
Pharmaceutical-Technology
January 24, 2022
More than 1.2 million people - and potentially millions more - died in 2019 as a direct result of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections, according to the most comprehensive estimate to date of the global impact of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
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The Lancet warns of 'overlooked pandemic of antimicrobial resistance' in new study
CPhIonline
January 21, 2022
The medical journal highlights antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to be a 'leading cause of death around the world'.
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White paper calls for action on AMR
expresspharma
July 30, 2021
A group of researchers led by Professor Nirmal Kumar Ganguly, Former Director-General, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), have come out with a white paper on AMR, as it threatens to become the next big public health crisis in India and ...
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EU to support novel antibiotics with €20 million funding
europeanpharmaceuticalreview
April 15, 2021
BioVersys will receive €20 million in funding to support its development of new treatments for antimicrobial resistant infections.
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BioVersys Gets EIB Funds to Address Antimicrobial Resistance
contractpharma
April 15, 2021
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and BioVersys AG, a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing treatments for multidrug-resistant bacterial infections, signed a €20 million venture debt transaction.
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Cipla Therapeutics and SIGA Technologies enter into strategic partnership
expresspharma
March 24, 2021
The partnership is to support innovation and provide access to novel antibacterial drugs against biothreats.
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INEOS, Oxford University to set up institute for antimicrobial research
expresspharma
January 20, 2021
INEOS donates £100 million to Oxford Univerity to set up the new institute to fight antimicrobial resistance.
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Effective effluent management: Key to tackle AMR
expresspharma
December 29, 2020
As the world adjusts to the post-COVID-19 reality, it is time to reflect and reset. It cannot be ‘business as usual’ in the struggle to survive.