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Welcome to this SIRN symposium Antibiotic use: making the best of what we have. SIRN series of symposia MRSA workshop: John Coia, Jacqui Rielly Antibiotic use : Ysobel Gourlay, Jeff Edwards, Lesley Frew C. difficile : Ian Poxton Pneumococci: Tim Mitchell Patient’s journey: missing data Fiona Skinner Others ………………….. ‘We are in a situation where infections associated with antibiotic-use and the continued emergence of strains resistant to antibiotics are not being countered by the introduction of novel therapies. This requires debate and action.’ Programme for today Three lectures: The Scottish Antimicrobial Prescribing Group (SAPG) : A National Clinical Forum for Antimicrobial Stewardship Prof Dilip Nathwani Guess or get it right – antimicrobial prescribing in the 21st century? Dr Bob Masterton Why its difficult to identify new antibacterial agents Dr Jeff Edwards Composite discussion led by Dr Alistair Leanord Jeff Edwards MSc, PhD Most of my career in big Pharma ICI, Zeneca, AstraZeneca Discovery scientist Development scientist: cefotetan, ZD0870, meropenem AstraZeneca Infection Therapy Area Team strategy, clinical microbiology, in-licensing Member of ECCMID and ICAAC Programme Committees Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative infections What is the unmet medical need? GEORGE M. ELIOPOULOS, MD; Boston, MA. What is currently being used? LOUIS B. RICE, MD; Cleveland, OH. What's in the pipeline GEORGE TALBOT, MD; St. Davids, PA. Why it's difficult to identify new antibacterial agents JEFFREY R. EDWARDS, PhD; United Kingdom. Should we rely on government intervention to encourage new solutions? DAVID SHLAES, MD; Stonington, CT. Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative infections GEORGE ELIOPOULOS spoke of LIN-R S. aureus Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative infections LOU RICE ‘Coming to your hospital soon – an untreatable infection’ Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative infections GEORGE TALBOT Produced an exhauistive list of on-going clinical studies showing that there was nothing new
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