Antibiotic Action Fund Remains Stop-Gap As Industry Waits For Reimbursement Legislation

Pharma-backed investment fund to combat antimicrobial resistance aims to find Phase II-ready programs, but can’t generate a constant flow of innovation without better ‘pull’ incentives, industry says.

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The AMR Action Fund continues to make progress towards making its first investments, but all those efforts will have limited impact on the program of antimicrobial resistance unless reimbursement for the products is improved, the fund’s industry backers argue.

“Be very clear, this is only a temporary solution” unless the right market rewards are created, Martin Bott, interim general manager of the AMR Action Fund, told the virtual BIO Investor Forum on 13 October

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