Antibiotics are fundamental to modern medicine, essential for treating everything from routine skin infections to strep throat, and for protecting vulnerable patients receiving chemotherapy or being treated in intensive care units.
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Report
Antibiotic Use in Outpatient Settings
Health experts create national targets to reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions
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Issue Brief
Animal Antibiotic Use Requires Drug Label Refinements
Analysis shows more than 1 in 3 labels will not fully meet judicious use standards after implementation of FDA policy
Our Work
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Grant Program Encourages Research Into Combining Antibiotics to Combat Resistance
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a division of the National Institutes of Health, recently announced a new funding opportunity to support research into how resistance evolves in microbial communities, including how combinations of antibiotics could be used to improve treatment and slow the emergence of resistant infections. Read More
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Pew to Congress: Effective Antibiotics Essential to Emergency Preparedness
On May 4, The Pew Charitable Trusts sent a letter to leaders of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, commenting on a draft of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018 (PAHPAI). The letter highlights the essential role that effective antibiotics play in responding to public health emergencies—including those resulting from... Read More
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FDA Releases Draft Guidance on Antibiotic Policies under the GAIN Act
The emergence of alarming and unusual types of resistant bacteria around the world underscores the need for new antibiotics to treat patients with serious and life-threatening infections. Yet there are too few drugs in development to meet anticipated patient needs, and many major pharmaceutical companies have abandoned efforts to develop new antibiotics. Read More
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