Updates on Antibiotic Drug Resistance the medical industry needs to hear about

Experts who are paving the way on tackling antibiotic resistance (AMR) will gather when SMi’s next annual Superbugs & Superdrugs USA conference arrives to Iselin, New Jersey in just 4 weeks' time. Building on over 20 years of success in Europe, the USA event has attracted a truly global audience from Canada, Denmark, France, USA and UK.

With an aim at enabling new drug discovery and research, event highlights will include:

1. New pathways to facilitate research from bench to bedside with a detailed spotlight on the latest government incentives and funding opportunities. Will include a keynote address from John Rex (AstraZeneca).
2. Strategies to address the problem of MDR Gram-negative pathogens through key updates on three new discovery projects.
3. An agenda tailored towards strengthening the antibiotic pipeline with 15+ hours of content on innovations and clinical breakthroughs.
4. International case studies on medical devices and hospital acquired infections, minimising the microbiome’s disruption, immunotherapeutics and innate defense regulators.
5. A look into the link between animal models and humans to improve clinical outcomes.

Further details are available online at http://www.superbugs-usa.com

Superbugs & Superdrugs USA will take place on 13th & 14th November at the Renaissance Woodbrigde Hotel in Iselin, New Jersey. Sponsored by Merck and Soligenix.

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