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Science advisory board chairman comments on India´s plan to tackle antimicrobial resistance

Jan 28, 2013

In the February issue of The Lancet Infectious Diseases Herman Goossens, chairman of JPIAMR’s scientific advisory board, comments on “The Chennai Declaration—a roadmap to tackle the challenges of antimicrobial resistance in India”. See also:The Chennai Declaration (Indian Journal of Cancer)

Deadline for IMI call for proposals: 19 March 2013

Jan 28, 2013

The Innovative Medicins Initiative (IMI) launched its 8th call for proposals.Topics included under the IMI programme “Combating Antibiotic Resistance: New Drugs for Bad Bugs” are: Topic 1C: Innovative Trial Design & Clinical Development Topic 3: Discovery and development of new drugs combating Gram – negative infections Dealine for submitting a proposal is 19 March 2013. Link: […]

Initiative on research on infection and antibiotics in Swedish government bill

Jan 28, 2013

The Swedish government allocates a total of SEK 265 million over four years for research on infection and antibiotics. The initiative was announced in the Research and Innovation bill of 2013, outlining the Swedish government’s research policy and funding for 2013-2016. In the bill, the Swedish government further states that: “To strengthen the international competitiveness of Swedish research, […]

Joint Programming Conference, February 28 2013

Jan 28, 2013

A two-day conference on the results and experience coming from joint programming activities to date will take place in Dublin February 28–March 1, 2013. The conference is organised within the realms of the Irish presidency and is excpected to attract 300-500 participants. Conclusions drawn from the conference will be used to progress the ERA and the […]