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WHO Resolution Targets OTC Antimicrobials, Industry Insists Problem Is Rx Misuse

 
• By David Ridley

A draft declaration to be presented to the UN General Assembly in September suggests that a “lack of regulation of over-the-counter use of antimicrobials” is one of the “drivers of antimicrobial resistance.” Industry, however, insists that misuse and over-prescription of antibiotics are the primary drivers of AMR, and is advocating for the text to be amended accordingly. 

NEW YORK, USA - Sep 27, 2015: 70th session of UN General Assembly. United Nations Building in New York is the headquarters of the United Nations organization.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has passed a resolution to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR) at its recent World Health Assembly that includes proposals to restrict the sales of non-prescription antimicrobials.

Concerned about a lack of stewardship in how antimicrobials are provided to patients around the world, for example whether prescription medicines are being supplied in an OTC setting, WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus first mooted the idea in a

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