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13 Pharmas Sign Roadmap For Antibiotic Reform – But What Do They Want?

 
• By Lucie Ellis-Taitt

More than 13 global pharma companies, including GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer and Merck & Co., have agreed a "Roadmap" aimed at relieving the growing antimicrobial resistance crisis worldwide – as well as principles to explore alternative business models and incentives for antibiotic R&D and reimbursement.

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Pharmas Collaborate To Seek Resolutions To Global AMR Crisis • Source: Shutterstock/AfricaStudio

This week the UN General Assembly confirmed, in the form of a High-Level Declaration, national, regional and international political commitment to solving the global concern of antibiotic resistance. Following suit, 13 global pharma companies, including GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Pfizer Inc., Merck & Co. Inc. and Sanofi, have agreed a Roadmap for actions they will take to help alleviate the issue.

One key concern for most pharma companies highlighted in the agreement is how to establish new business models that allow companies to see adequate return on their investment. The companies will work with government partners and payers to explore the introduction of "market entry rewards" and other incentives for new antibiotic products

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