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UK R&D Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Goes Into Battle

 
• By Sten Stovall

The UK's recently launched AMR Centre has launched two R&D collaborations and plans two more this year.

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UK's AMCR Offers Flexible Partnering To Promote New Antibiotics • Source: Shutterstock

The UK’s R&D Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance announced its first two collaborations in September and will soon be inking two more. Established in May 2016 as part of the UK’s response to the global threat from antimicrobial resistance, the AMR Centre is based at Alderley Park near Manchester, northern England, a joint private-public initiative to support and accelerate development of new antibiotics and diagnostics using an integrated development capability and offering translational R&D from preclinical hits through to clinical proof of concept.

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