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The Billion Dollar Question
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AMR is a problem with a plethora of solutions...and plenty of barriers to reach them.
In this episode we look at the role innovation can play – innovating new antibiotics, relatively unexplored treatments and preventing infection in the first place. So how expensive is it to make a new antibiotic? Are viruses actually our friends? And what does it have to do with the whales?
Featuring:
Silas Holland, Executive director in infectious disease policy at Merck
Dr Michele Ritter, Infectious Disease Specialist and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego
Michael Mosha, Pharmacist and Public Health specialist at Roll Back Antimicrobial Resistance Initiative in Dodoma, Tanzania - https://rbainitiative.or.tz/
If you want to check out the book featured in this episode, it is called The Perfect Predator written by Steffanie Strathdee and Tom Patterson.
Lifeline is on in New York in until 28th September 2024! Buy your tickets at www.lifelinemusical.com
The Lifeline Project is a podcast exploring the science and stories behind the musical, Lifeline, a show about antibiotics, Alexander Fleming, and the biggest current global health crisis you might never have heard of, antimicrobial resistance or AMR.
The podcast is produced, written and hosted by Graham Richardson https://www.gnrichardson.co.uk/ @wildgreyme
Original music is provided by Robin Hiley, the composer and lyricist for Lifeline
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