Foam made by tiny frogs could be used to deliver antibiotics to help prevent infections, research involving the University of Strathclyde has found. At the Microbiology Society’s Annual Conference in Liverpool, Strathclyde scientists Dr Paul Hoskisson and Sarah Brozio unveiled their study showing how the foam made by Trinidadian frogs could have important health applications. [...]
Action to prevent a future health crisis caused by antimicrobial resistance has seen the number of antibiotics prescribed in primary care fall substantially last year. The progress follows the introduction of financial incentives in April 2015 by NHS England working with Public Health England (PHE). Between April and December 2015, two million fewer prescriptions were dispensed compared [...]
To meet the challenge of the rise in antibiotic resistant bacteria (superbugs), national charity Antibiotic Research UK (ANTRUK) is commissioning the first ever research programme to screen antibiotic resistance breakers against antibiotic resistance in Gram-negative bacteria. ANTRUK is asking scientific organisations and universities to submit tenders for this testing to see if therapies already in [...]
NHS England has launched the world’s largest healthcare incentive scheme for hospitals, family doctors and other health service providers to prevent the growing problem of antibiotic resistance. Launched against the backdrop of the International Patient Safety Conference taking place at Lancaster House in London today, funding will be made available to hospitals and other providers [...]
The latest report from the Review on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), recently released, highlights the lack of vaccines and alternative approaches to antibiotics available for doctors to use to tackle many of our most urgent drug resistance threats and calls for more investment into developing these products. Responding to the report and a call from Jim [...]
The ABPI has signed a declaration, in partnership with more than 80 leading international pharmaceutical, generics, diagnostics and biotechnology companies, as well as international and domestic industry bodies, to call on governments and the industry to work in parallel in taking comprehensive action against drug-resistant infections. The joint declaration launched at the World Economic Forum in Davos, [...]
Professor Brendan Gilmore, of the School of Pharmacy at Queen’s University, joined a panel of international experts from academia and industry to undertake a Wellcome Trust commissioned review on Alternatives to Antibiotics. The review, Alternatives to Antibiotics – A pipeline portfolio review, jointly funded by the Department of Health (England) Policy Research Programme, is published in Lancet [...]
