Innovation fund to support antibiotic development on the cardsA global innovation fund worth up to US$2bn could be set up to encourage pharmaceutical companies to search for and develop new classes of antibiotics.…
How the pharmaceutical industry is contributing to antimicrobial resistance Through poor practices, the pharmaceutical industry is adding to the problem of antimicrobial resistance instead of helping to solve it.…
US FDA approves antibiotic combination with new beta-lactamase inhibitor The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new intravenous antibacterial product, Avycaz, which contains ceftazidime and a new beta-lactamase inhibitor, avibactam.…
US$2bn global innovation fund proposed to tackle antimicrobial resistance A worldwide innovation fund worth up to US$2bn could be set up to encourage the pharmaceutical industry to search for and develop new classes of antibiotics.…
Pharmacist’s team wins £50,000 innovation prize for antibiotic prescribing app Microbiology app that assists antibiotic prescribing wins national award.…
App wins infection control category of NHS Innovation Challenge AwardsA smartphone app that offers up-to-date antibiotic prescribing advice to hospital doctors has won the infection control category in the annual NHS Innovation Challenge Awards.…
Consultants respond positively to audit of antimicrobial prescribing An audit and feedback programme targeting medical consultant teams on a hospital acute admissions ward has resulted in improvements in antimicrobial prescribing.…
Top 10 learning articles of 2014 from The Pharmaceutical Journal Our response to the Ebola outbreak is a sign of how our learning content is changing to meet your needs.…
How Vibrio cholera has adapted to its environmentA recent study published in Science describes the mechanism by which the cholera bacterium propagates.…
Researchers unearth novel antibiotic without detectable resistance Researchers using an innovative process have discovered a new antibiotic with properties that appear to prevent the development of resistance.…