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MPs call for more research into bacteriophages as alternative to antibiotics in response to AMR

A House of Commons committee has called for more research into bacteriophages to allow them to be used more widely in UK healthcare to tackle resistance to antibiotics.…

Published: 3 January 2024

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Antibiotic prescribing increases by more than 8% in one year

Data published by the government show that there was an increase in antibiotic prescribing, the number of antibiotic-resistant infections and antimicrobial resistance-associated deaths in England between 2021 and 2022.…

Published: 15 November 2023

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Pharmacists in developing countries to be offered training as part of UK government package to tackle AMR

Funding of £210m from the UK government's aid budget will support 20,000 training sessions for pharmacists and other healthcare staff.…

Published: 16 August 2023

Feature

Are wearable devices the future of precise antibiotic dosing?

Teams around the world are using technology developed for diabetes to deliver personalised doses of antibiotic in order to improve efficacy, as well as reduce adverse effects and antimicrobial resistance.…

Published: 3 August 2023

News

NICE says more evidence needed for newer UTI point-of-care tests

Several newer point-of-care tests were not recommended in latest guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, in which it concluded that more research needs to be carried out on their accuracy.…

Published: 5 May 2023

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Only 12 new antibiotics entered the market in five years, WHO warns in review

There are 27 drugs in development that target what the World Health Organization sees as “critical” pathogen microbes, but only 6 of them have the potential to overcome antibiotic resistance.…

Published: 20 March 2023

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Recent antibiotic reduces cancer survival after immune checkpoint inhibitors by 12%, study results show

Results from a Canadian cohort study suggest that antibiotic therapy may reduce the effectiveness of immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy.…

Published: 3 March 2023

Feature

Antibiotic resistance: is it time to get serious about point-of-care testing?

There is solid evidence from other countries that point-of-care testing before prescribing antibiotics for respiratory tract and other infections helps to combat antimicrobial resistance, but experts say the UK is far behind.…

Published: 23 February 2023

Letter

Appropriate management of urinary tract infections in older patients

As one of the most common infections at community level, the implications of a urinary tract infection (UTI) are well known to pharmacists across both primary and secondary care. Older people are particularly at risk of a UTI, with the presence of asymptomatic bacteriuria historically complicating d…

Published: 30 December 2022

Opinion

Sir Munir Pirmohamed: ‘Now is the time to implement pharmacogenomic testing into the NHS’

UK lead of the PREPARE study and NHS chair of pharmacogenetics at the University of Liverpool Sir Munir Pirmohamed discusses how to safely utilise pharmacogenomics in routine patient care.…

Published: 14 December 2022