Sustainable access to effective antibiotics - what should the EU do?
EPHA #A2MDialogues
15 April 2021
16:00-17:00 CET
online
Continuing our successful online discussions on key access to medicines (A2M) priorities bringing together thought leaders and policy-makers, academics, industry representatives and NGOs, for a frank discussion of European pharmaceutical policies.
Take part in our #A2MDialogues to share your questions and ideas and help us develop actionable #A2Msolutions for decision-makers in Europe.
How can we solve the AMR epidemic? What is the role of the EU?
What can HERA do?
The scientific and structural difficulties in discovering new antibiotics have only begun to be appreciated in recent years, while discussions on how to overcome financial bottlenecks have gathered much attention. To overcome these scientific barriers, the public sector needs to get involved to get the highest priority antibiotics, diagnostics and vaccines developed.
We need a new alternative to the traditional patent-based business model, where the return on investment does not depend on high volume sales or high prices of novel antibiotics. Importantly, we need to have strategies in place to minimize their unnecessary use to keep them effective for as long as possible and ensure they are affordable for those in need from the onset of the development process.
Join our panel to discuss how to foster R&D of new antimicrobial therapies, diagnostics and vaccines in order to replace antibiotics rendered ineffective by AMR, reduce unnecessary use of antibiotics and prevent infections.
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Our Panel
Helle Aagaard
Deputy Director
ReAct – Action on Antibiotic Resistance (Europe)
Rohit Malpani
Public Health Consultant
Timothy Jinks
Head, Drug Resistant Infections Programme
Wellcome Trust
Moderated by
Yannis Natsis,
Policy Manager, Universal Access to Affordable Medicines
European Public Health Alliance
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