Should public funding be invested in R&D for new antibiotics?

A statement by ReAct - Action on Antibiotic Resistance - in an online debate organized by the Globalization and Health Systems community hosted by the Geneva Health Forum and its partners on February 15, 2010. The debate had the title:

"Should the development of new antibiotics be a public health priority?"

O Cars, A Heddini, G Tomson, G Lindblad
En pandemi i det tysta

Brännpunkt, Svenska Dagbladet (SvD) May 24, 2009
(In swedish only)

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O Cars, L Diaz Högberg, M Murray, O Nordberg, S Sivaraman, C Stålsby-Lundborg, G Tomson

Meeting the challenge of antibiotic resistance
- Analysis article in British Medical Journal, Sep 19 2008
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The BMJ talks to Professor Otto Cars, about what is needed to tackle antibiotic resistance
Watch the video and read the article on bmj.com

Mary Murray
Antibiotika - ett växande hot mot folkhälsan

Framtider nr 1/2008 - Theme: Health and Medicine
Published by Institutet för Framtidsstudier
(In swedish only)

Link to article in Framtider (pdf 1,4 MB, sv)