Antibiotics & Antimocrobial Resistance (AMR) - A Global Perspective

Antibiotic resistance is at a crossroad. In the world today, deaths in low income countries from Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) are predicted to rise dramatically by 2050.

We know how to stop this disaster, and some steps are being taken in the right direction. Will these steps be enough? Antibiotics for Critical Priority bacterial Pathogens are in the clinical trials stage, but, overall, the pipeline is described by the WHO as inadequate. Combinations of antibiotics and rejuvenation of old antibiotics are appearing in development and have potential alongside new chemical entities and new classes.The AMR report, chaired by Jim O’Neill, has recommended what we need to do.

The actions in response to this report are, at best, patchy. Universal access to new antibiotics by both the rich and the poor may be feasible, but universal stewardship will be a difficult problem to solve. Long-term solutions, particularly for antibiotic development by the pharmaceutical industry are proposed here.

Reproduced with kind permission from Drug Discovery World Summer 2018 Vol.19 Issue.3 pages 26-32

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