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Accelerating the development and delivery of new innovations for a TB-free world
Before the World Economic Forum, Davos’ first claim to fame was as a haven for wealthy tuberculosis sufferers in the 1800s and 1900s: the rarefied air of the Magic Mountain, as Thomas Mann dubbed it...
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A Frightening Reality
From a sustainable antibiotics perspective, 2018 is not wasting time getting to the point. The new year has kicked off with tremendous momentum in the fight against antimicrobial resistance (AMR), wit...
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Antimicrobial resistance is a growing health challenge
This blog was first published on NJToday on 5 February 2018. The growing global public health challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) cannot be understated. By 2050, it is a predicted to acco...
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Partnering to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance
This blog was first published on the author's LinkedIn page on 1 February 2018. Last week I had the chance to join in conversations on the current and future burden of antimicrobial resistance (AM...
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Less talk, more action needed to avoid superbugs silent tsunami
This blog was first published on The Nation on 31 January 2018. On a TripAdvisor Bangkok forum Gary asks “Can I purchase antibiotics (in Thailand) without a prescription if I run out?”. rove...
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Pulling Together To Thwart A Silent Killer
This blog was first published on Life Science Leader on 22 January 2018 As we start 2018, those of us in the healthcare sector are anticipating greater progress in global health. Without a doubt, h...
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Stand and deliver – practical steps to stop antibiotic resistance
This blog was first published on Life Science Leader and Pharma Times on 14 November 2017. It is rapidly becoming the world’s biggest killer. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is on course to overta...
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Defining standards & measures for AMR is the need of the hour
According to one of the report issued by some of the stakeholders last year, antibiotic industry or ingredient manufacturers were responsible for an estimated amount of 30,000-70,000 tons of anti-micr...
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Unlikely bedfellows join to track efforts to fight superbugs
This blog was first published in thePharmaLetter on 30 May 2017. In January 2016, more than 100 companies and industry associations had signed a Declaration on Combatting Antimicrobial Resistanc...
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B20 message to G20 – Health drives solutions built on collaboration and pro-innovation ecosystems
This blog was first published on G20 – The Hamburg Summit in July 2017 (Produced in association with the G7 and G20 Research Group at the University of Toronto) The fact that “health” has en...
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