BSAC Spring Conference 2019:

Global views, local problems: Innovative solutions to AMR and infection challenges

21 – 22 March 2019, International Convention Centre, Birmingham, UK

Parallel session one ‘New initiatives to support AMR innovation’ co-developed by GARDP and CARB-X

1. Public health driven R&D of antibiotics for priority drug resistant infections
   • Dr Seamus O’Brien, R&D Director, Global Antibiotic R&D Partnership (GARDP)
2. CARB-X: Building A Portfolio of New Antibiotics, Vaccines & Diagnostics with Open Science
   • Dr Richard Lawson, Director of the CARB-X Program Management Office
3. Swab and send – discovering new antimicrobials from natural products
   • Dr Adam Roberts, Senior lecturer, Liverpool School of tropical Medicine