Antibiotic Action Initiative

EDM number 2418 in 2010-12, proposed by Kevin Barron on 09/11/2011.
Categorised under the topics of Medicine and Research and innovation.

That this House notes the importance of the aims of the Antibiotic Action Initiative of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy that is examining ways to encourage the discovery, research and development to bring to market new antibacterial agents; further notes the need to ensure that licensing processes are streamlined to provide safe and rapid licensing of antibiotics; understands the need to stimulate industry to overcome the challenges in developing and bringing to market new antibiotics; and supports a drive for initiatives to encourage more partnership working between academia, pharmaceutical and diagnostics companies in order to maximise the conversion of discovered candidate molecules into licensed antibiotics available for use on the NHS.

This motion has been signed by a total of 26 MPs.