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Why antibiotics are losing the war against bacteria

15/7/2012

This is an excellent article in The Telegraph which records the Chinese-born director-general of the World Health Organisation's speech in Copenhagen in March earlier this year.  Dr Margaret Chan was very to the point saying 'If current trends continue unabated, the future is easy to predict,’ she said. 'Some experts say we are moving back to the pre-antibiotic era. No. This will be a post-antibiotic era. A post-antibiotic era means, in effect, an end to modern medicine as we know it. Things as common as strep throat or a child’s scratched knee could once again kill.’

The Directors of Global Regulatory Services (GRS) were fortunate to be at the launch of the UK initiative, Antibiotic Action, and are working hard at raising awareness both with the public and within the industry. 

Laura Piddock, a professor of microbiology at Birmingham University’s School of Immunity and Infection, sums up the current situation succinctly by stating "The problem is that bacteria are older and wiser than human beings".

If you'd like to find out more, please visit the Antibiotic Action website.

Author: Greer Deal, Director of Global Regulatory Services