Bacterial resistance to antimicrobial drugs is a serious problem in many respects: it threatens our ability to treat infectious diseases, increases health costs, and poses a serious risk to the progress made in global health by individuals and communities in the past decades. Infections caused by multidrug resistant bacteria are globally recognized as an emergent disease and antimicrobial resistance is a priority for global health action as declared by institutions such as the World Health Organization and the European Centre for Diseases Control.
When resistance to first-line drugs increases, infections last longer and become more expensive to treat, with hospitalization required in many cases. To fight antimicrobial resistance we need to promote innovation, research and the development of new tools.
This B·Debate, a joint initiative of Biocat and Obra Social “la Caixa”, is co-organized with the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) in order to:
i) offer an overview of the current research strategies that are being developed
ii) identify the success and limitations of the different research lines
iii) discuss how the future in antimicrobial drug discovery looks like
iv) identify the interventions that are currently taken and should be carried out in terms of policies to stimulate research in this field and implement measures to tackle antimicrobial resistance.
More info: https://www.bdebate.org/en/forum/reversing-dystopian-future-new-strategies-discover-antibacterial-agents
Deadline to submit an abstract to be selected for the flash talks: October 15.
Registration closes on November 10.
In case tickets are sold out, please contact Marta Soler (msoler@biocat.cat) to be added to the waiting list.
REFUND POLICY: To cancel your ticket you must send an e-mail to Marta Soler msoler@biocat.cat. If cancellation is received more than 30 calendar days before the date of the event acquired, you will be reimbursed for 100% of the registration fees (except 5€ for administration fees). If it is received more than 15 calendar days prior to the date of the event, you will be reimbursed for 50% of the registration fees (except 5€ for administration fees). If it is received within 15 calendar days prior to the date of the event or no notice is given, participants will not be reimbursed even if they do not attend the session.
