AMR Action Fund Will Start Screening Antibiotic Candidates Early Next Year

The industry-backed investment fund to combat antimicrobial resistance hopes to be operational by end of year and begin assessing programs to invest in during the first quarter of 2021.

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The ACR Action Fund is meant to be a temporary solution for novel antibiotics

The AMR Action Fund hopes to be operational by the end of 2020 and begin reviewing novel antibiotic candidates to invest in during the first quarter of 2021, interim general manager Martin Bott told the virtual BIO Investor Forum on 13 October. Its focus will be on mid-stage antibiotic candidates, leaving earlier investment support to other groups.

The fund has been in planning since mid-2019, arising from discussions at an international conference, and was unveiled in July....

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