Swindon,UK: Innovate UK has up to £4 million to support projects that advance the UK’s ability to tackle the global problem of antimicrobial resistance.
The UK Government has acknowledged the need to for a significant research effort to stop the spread of drug-resistant infections.
It is estimated that a failure to tackle drug-resistant infections could lead to at least 10 million extra deaths a year and cost the global economy up to £75 trillion by 2050.
This competition aims to support capital investment in:
- new infrastructure that will fast-track research and development of new drugs, diagnostics and vaccines
- a global multi-centre clinical trials network for drugs, diagnostics and vaccines
- existing UK infrastructure and the setting up of a sample-collection network
- databases for new scientific and public understanding of antimicrobial resistance
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