GNA NOW Open Call webinar II This webinar provided a unique opportunity for the antibiotic community. The Innovative Medicines Initiative’s GNA NOW Consortium was looking for a novel antibiotic compound to progress to a clinical candidate and informed participants about what was in it for interested candidates, and how to submit a proposal, among others.
About twenty people attended this webinar which focused on TB research within the IMI AMR Accelerator. During the first part of this TB research focused webinar, Martin Boeree (UNITE4TB and Radboud UMC) introduced UNITE4TB, the newest member of the AMR Accelerator. The second part, given by Michel Pieren (BioVersys) and Alfonso Mendoza-Losana (ERA4TB and University […]
The 2nd Annual meeting for the Cross-IMI AMR Accelerator community was held online on 28 September 2021 and brought together >160 members of the 8 AMR Accelerator projects. After an introduction by COMBINE, a round of project updates was organised with an official introduction of the newest project, UNITE4TB. Martin Boeree, UNITE4TB Project Coordinator, presented […]
Recap of the first UNITE4TB webinar: Panel discussion on global burden of TB On 03 March 2022, UNITE4TB held its first in a series of webinars being organized by project partners, Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto (ISPUP) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS). The session featured a presentation by Prof. Mario Raviglione […]
About fifteen people attended this webinar which provided the most recent updates of ongoing TB research within the IMI AMR Accelerator. The following speakers addressed the challenges of their respective TB projects: Michael Hoelscher (Medical University München) who gave an update and intro to UNITE4TB; Santiago Ferrer-Bazaga (Universidad Carlos III Madrid) who discussed some challenges […]
The 3rd AMR Accelerator Cross-project Meeting for the AMR Accelerator community, a total of 9 projects, took place on 06 April 2022 in Basel, Switzerland. Please find more details here and the final agenda below: DOWNLOAD THE FULL PROGRAMME HERE DOWNLOAD THE PRESENTATIONS HERE
In June 2022, the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut organised a two-day virtual expert workshop on behalf of the COMBINE project. The workshop aimed to address the challenges in developing monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against antimicrobial resistance (AMR) pathogens, with a specific focus on ESCAPE pathogens (E. faecium, S. aureus, C. difficile, A. baumannii, P. aeruginosa, and Enterobacteriaceae). The workshop […]
Recap of the third UNITE4TB webinar: Progress made to date in shortening TB treatment UNITE4TB held its third public webinar on Thursday 7 July, with a focus on the recent changes in the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for the treatment of Tuberculosis (TB) and an evaluation of the evidence underpinning the shortening of TB […]
About twenty people attended this webinar which focused on some highlights and challenges from three TB focused projects, namely UNITE4TB, ERA4TB, and TRIC-TB. The selected speakers, Modesto Remuinan-Blanco (TRIC-TB and GSK), Martin Boeree (UNITE4TB and Radboud UMC), Alfonso Mendoza-Losana (ERA4TB and Universidad Carlos III Madrid) and Oscar della Pasqua (ERA4TB and Consiglia Nazionale delle Ricerche) […]
ERA4TB launched a series of webinars aimed at exploring key topics in relation to tuberculosis and antimicrobial research and development from clinical, regulatory and HTA perspectives. With the title “Challenges of tuberculosis (TB) drug development and access – clinical, regulatory and HTA perspectives”, the first webinar was held on 24th November 2022, 11.00-12.15 GMT coinciding with World Antimicrobial Awareness […]
