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On 22 Januray 2016, the Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAMR) co-organised a trans-Atlantic workshop discussing clinical trial networks in the field of antimicrobial resistance together with the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), the US National Institute of Health (NIH), the European Commission and COMBACTE. This meeting was the first of its kind. “The meeting generated […]

“To unravel the dynamics of transmission and selection of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) at genetic, bacterial, animal, human, societal, and environmental levels, in order to design and evaluate preventive and intervening measures for controlling resistance.” This is the topic of JPIAMR’s 3rd call for research proposals which opened on 18 January 2016. It is the first […]

Brussels 19 December 2015. National and European research funding in the field of antibacterial resistance is unbalanced and underfunded, according to new research by the Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAMR) published in the journal Lancet Infectious Diseases today. The study, which is the first of its kind, highlights the need for increased and […]

Blog by: Hannah Boley, Science & Innovation Officer, Berlin Part of Science & Innovation Network, Europe Bugs don’t work in silos! Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is a topic that is difficult to escape at the moment, but that’s a good thing because it means it is getting the attention that it really does need. The news recently […]

At the conference ‘Tackling Societal Challenges’ in Lund on 3 December 2015, the chairs of the different Joint Programming Initiatives summarised how to move forward with the JPI scheme. Publicly-funded research activities in Europe have increasingly been focused on the grand challenges; health, food, water and energy supply, climate change and societal transformation. The Joint […]

On 23 October 2015, Jim O’Neill, economist appointed by David Cameron, released the fourth report published by the Review on Antimicrobial Resistance ‘Rapid diagnostics: treating patients with infections better and more sustainably’. The Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAMR) welcomes this report which highlights the area of diagnostics use and development to reduce antimicrobial […]