Event: Bioinfect - Superbug threat

The unnecessary use of antibiotics is one of the issues that will be addressed at the Bioinfect conference on 10 November at the Alderley Park, Cheshire

Lord O’Neill, chair of the UK government’s Review of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), will be speaking at the one day conference.

His review team has just published its fourth paper on how to combat AMR which currently claims 25,000 lives a year in the EU.

According to the O’Neill Review, unless effective action is taken, ten million people around the world could die every year by 2050.

Geoff Davison, CEO of Bionow, who has organised the conference, said: “We very much welcome the presence of Lord O’Neill and his team at Bioinfect.

“The latest report demonstrates why healthcare systems are not embracing the use of rapid diagnostics that exist today and why investment in new and better ones is lagging.

“The review team is presenting a compelling case for governments and healthcare systems to support innovative rapid diagnostics.”

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