Combatting Antibiotic Resistance Together: How Can We Enlist the Help of Industry?

Article Article scientifique Article Combatting Antibiotic Resistance Together: How Can We Enlist the Help of Industry? eng 2018 author Edwards-Garavoglia Suzanne 861000 author Morel Chantal 830886 author Busse Reinhard author Harbarth Stéphan Juergen 0000-0002-3551-1025 93885 724-730 10.3390/antibiotics7040111 30567308 2079-6382 https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/7/4/111 The development of antibiotics needs to be supported through new financial stimuli, including help from the public sector. In exchange for public support, industry should be asked to do what is in their power to help curb the inappropriate use of antibiotics. This work discusses key areas through which industry has an important influence on antibiotic consumption and where agreements can be made alongside financial incentives, even those intended to stimulate very early research. As long as the traditional unit sale-based business model for antibiotics remains in place, profit-making incentives will likely undermine efforts to sell and utilize antibiotics in a sustainable manner. In the short-term, while we try to come to a consensus on how best to fix the market, we need measures to prevent major over-selling and inappropriate promotion-especially for new, badly needed antibiotics that reach the market. This paper explores ways in which the pharmaceutical industry could help buttress sustainable antibiotic use while we search for more long-term, constructive, mutually-beneficial ways to organize the market. Communication Psychiatry Terminology as Topic Antibiotic consumption Antibiotics Antimicrobial resistance Health economics Marketing Pharmaceutical industry Promotion Research and development incentives Sustainable use Dewey 616 56 Département de médecine 221 false 526 Résistance aux antibiotiques 866 Antibiotics 7 4 6ca12034-1682-4971-8eb3-5ad319b256fa Article (Published version) Public antibiotics-07-00111.pdf 713503 application/pdf CC BY openAccess Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine

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