Drug resistance updates : reviews and commentaries in antimicrobial and anticancer chemotherapy
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Drug Resist. Updat. · Apr 2011
ReviewThe global need for effective antibiotics-a summary of plenary presentations.
To highlight the global need for effective antibiotics and explore possible concerted actions for change, cross-cutting plenary sessions served to frame the program of the conference. These sessions contained presentations on the present state of antibacterial resistance and the availability, the use and misuse of antibiotics. ⋯ The value chain for research and development (R&D) of antibiotics has to be reengineered if we are to realize the development of much needed new antibiotics. This challenge will require a multitude of actions, some of which are related to changing the financial realities of antibiotics and interventions by global and regional institutions.