Making Explicit a Rights-Based Approach to Infodemic in a Public Health Emergency
Infodemic management must be an integral part of public health emergency prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery.
Antimicrobial Resistance
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Read more: Preparing for Antimicrobial Resistance: Vision and Social Science Mission of the INAMRSS Network Preparing for Antimicrobial Resistance: Vision and Social Science Mission of the INAMRSS Network
While drug-resistant infections pose a well-known and severe threat to human and animal health, the COVID-19 pandemic is compounding this situation.
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Read more: The Revival of Phage Therapy to Fight Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) – Part III: What about patent protection and alternative incentives? The Revival of Phage Therapy to Fight Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) – Part III: What about patent protection and alternative incentives?
By Timo Minssen In Part II of this blog on legal issues relating to the revival of phage therapy I discussed the US Supreme Court’s decisions in Myriad and Prometheus, which might present major obstacles to the patentability of phage-related technology (a more detailed analysis of the Myriad and Prometheus decisions is available here). Yet,…
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Read more: The Revival of Phage Therapy to Fight Antimicrobial Resistance – Part I: What are the legal implications? The Revival of Phage Therapy to Fight Antimicrobial Resistance – Part I: What are the legal implications?
By Timo Minssen Last week I blogged about recent publications concerning the global battle against anti-microbial resistance (AMR). I did not mention a recent paper published in the June 2014 issue of Nature, which describes how European and U.S. researchers and authorities are increasingly considering clinical research in unconventional areas to fight AMR. The news-report…
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Read more: The Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance: Important recent publications The Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance: Important recent publications
By Timo Minssen One of my previous blogs discussed the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). I concluded that antimicrobial resistance is a growing and complex threat involving multifaceted legal, socio-economic and scientific aspects. This requires sustained and coordinated action on both global and local levels. A recent medical review on drug resistant tuberculosis supports…