Watch the live launch of the Antimicrobial Resistance Benchmark – on Tues 23 Jan
Antibiotics are losing their effectiveness, as people continue to use them too freely. To slow the rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), antimicrobials must be used only when necessary. Pharmaceutical companies can help bring AMR under control, by developing new antimicrobials and by producing and selling antimicrobials responsibly.
The Benchmark compares pharmaceutical company action to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR). It compares 30 companies, a cross-section of the pharmaceutical industry, on their actions to bring AMR under control. These include those companies with the largest R&D divisions, the largest presence in antimicrobial markets, and specific expertise in developing critically needed medicines and vaccines.
The Benchmark will first be presented in a press conference at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. At the same time, the full Benchmark report will be made available to download from www.amrbenchmark.org.
Watch the launch live
The press conference will start at 14:00 CET and can be watched live via the WEF website. During the press conference, Jayasree Iyer will present the Benchmark and its key findings for the first time.
The press conference panel
• Jayasree K. Iyer, Executive Director, Access to Medicine Foundation
• Paul Stoffels, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Johnson & Johnson
• Jeremy Farrar, Director, Wellcome Trust
The panel discussion will be moderated by Georg Schmidt, Associate Director, Public Engagement, Media Relations, World Economic Forum
Date: Tuesday, 23 January, 2018
Time: 14:00 – 14:30 (CET)
Location: Media Village, Press Conference Room
During the WEF Annual Meeting, Jayasree will speak about AMR and the Benchmark in two further sessions: in a private session and in a panel discussion entitled ‘A New Era for Global Health’ alongside Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO).
More about the upcoming report
The full Benchmark report includes findings in all of the metrics used by the Benchmark. It includes a comparative assessment of companies’ performances, as well as Key Findings, portfolio and pipeline analyses and investigations of company action in three research areas: Research & Development, Manufacturing & Production and Appropriate Access & Stewardship. Each of the 30 companies evaluated has a detailed report card to give an overview of its performance.
The Benchmark will be available to download from www.amrbenchmark.org. It is funded by the UK Department for International Development and the Dutch Ministry for Health, Welfare and Sport.