The workshop ‘Sustainability in pharmaceutical markets: the challenge of AMR’ will discuss the challenges facing health systems in fostering research and development for new antibiotics and ensuring sustainable access to new and pre-existing antibiotics. In particular, it will highlight collaboration methods and the potential role of the EU in addressing these challenges.
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most pressing public health issues facing the world today. The health and economic consequences of AMR are a major challenge for all healthcare systems and societies worldwide. In Europe alone, antibiotic-resistant infections are responsible for a substantial number of deaths each year, with a health burden comparable to that of influenza, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS combined, and a cost of about €1.1 billion to the healthcare systems of EU/EEA countries.
To tackle this issue, holistic and multicomponent strategies in accordance with the ‘One Health’ perspective are key to curbing the development and spread of antibiotic resistance. Ensuring broad and timely availability of effective antibiotics is a crucial component of such strategies.
During the session, participants will hear reflections from national and international levels and discuss potential implications and ways forward. Afterwards, the key findings of a policy brief published by the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies at the request of the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union will be presented.
This session will feature Dr Michael Anderson, MD, Research Fellow at the London School of Economics; Prof Dr Marija Jevtic, MD, Professor at the University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine Institute of Public Health of Vojvodina; Ms Emmi Weller, Policy Officer at the European Health Management Association. Dr Dimitra Panteli, Programme Manager at the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, will facilitate the discussion.
We encourage you to check out the #EHMA2023 programme here and discover the over 50 sessions we have this year. Register before Friday, 26 May here to secure your spot at this significant conversation.
This session is organised in collaboration with the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
