Antibiotics
Antibiotic prescriptions falling across England, but higher in deprived areas
November 12, 2015Medical Communications Antibiotics, prescribing
New data reveals that while antibiotic prescriptions have fallen across England in the last three years, struggling GP practices in …
R&D firms team up to tackle antibiotic resistance
September 16, 2015Research and Development AMR, Antibiotics, Jim O'Neill, O'Neill review, antimicrobial resistance, drug development
Two companies at the centre of the UK’s R&D efforts to tackle the growing threat of resistance to antibiotics are expanding …
New NICE guidelines to tackle antibiotic ‘addiction’
August 18, 2015Manufacturing and Production AMR, Antibiotics, NICE, antimicrobial resistance, guidance, infections
NICE has published guidance to help health care professionals promote and monitor the sensible use of antibiotics – and support …
Rising to meet the infectious disease challenge
July 27, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Antibiotics, R&D, antibiotic resistance, infectious disease
Antibiotic-resistant infections gather more headlines than most other infectious disease topics, and have typically been seen as a neglected area …
Coalition launches to tackle AMR
June 10, 2015Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AMR, Antibiotic Discovery-UK, Antibiotics, coalition, global
A new, not-for-profit coalition has launched with a mission to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and what it sees as the …
Merck launches new antibiotic in the UK
June 5, 2015Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AMR, Antibiotics, MSD, Merck, Sivextro, antimicrobial resistance, cubist, tedizolid phosphate
Merck has launched the first new drug in a class of antibiotics in the UK in almost 15 years, becoming …
NICE unveils guidelines to monitor antibiotic prescribing
February 18, 2015Sales and Marketing AMR, Antibiotics, GPs, NHS, NICE, antimicrobials, baker
NICE are asking UK doctors to spy on their colleagues in order to help tackle the growing threat of antimicrobial …
Roche teams up to tackle antibiotics resistance
January 13, 2015Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Antibiotics, Fedora, Meiji, OP0595, Roche, Teixobactin
Roche is to collaborate with Japan-based pharma firm Meiji and Canadian Fedora – two companies specialising in the production of …
Next-generation Cempra antibiotic meets endpoints
January 5, 2015Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Antibiotics, FDA, cempra, moxifloxacin, solitaire-oral
Cempra Pharmaceuticals has become the first company to publish results from a Phase III study completed under FDA regulations governing …
Cubist boosts antibiotics market presence
December 22, 2014Sales and Marketing Antibiotics, Zerbaxa, antimicrobial resistance, bacteria, cubist, infections, infectious diseases
Cubist has followed-up its successful European approval for a new antibiotic by winning an endorsement by the US FDA. The …
Antibiotic resistance could kill 10 million a year
December 11, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Antibiotics, Cancer, KPMG, Merck, david cameron, rand
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria will kill an extra 10 million people a year by 2050 if the problem is not tackled soon, …
Updated: Merck buys antibiotics specialist Cubist
December 8, 2014Sales and Marketing Antibiotics, Merck, Novartis, cubicin, cubist, eumer
Merck has purchased US antibiotics maker Cubist in a deal valued at $9.5 billion. The acquisition values Cubist at around …
NICE recommends test to reduce antibiotic use
December 3, 2014Sales and Marketing Antibiotics, GPs, NICE, UK, doctors, icl, pneumonia
NICE guidelines say GPs should use point of care blood tests to assess which patients to prescribe antibiotics for bacterial …
Antibiotics: will the industry saviour please stand up
November 24, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Antibiotics, EAA, MRC, WHO, resistance, susie lunt
The spectre of a new ‘dark ages’ for humanity where common infections begin to kill again is increasingly making itself …
Antibiotic resistance ranking high among public concerns
November 18, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Antibiotics, Cameron, WHO, longitude, rees, terrorism
People in the UK believe antibiotic resistance is second only to terrorism among threats to the public, according to a …
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