2015 BioInfect Conference
10 November 2015
Conference
Alderley Park, Cheshire, UK
A one-day conference looking at the critical issues relating to the development of new anti-infectives and the endemic problem of resistance.
Leading economist Lord Jim O’Neill has been confirmed as the keynote speaker at this event.
Lord O’Neill is head of the review established by the UK government to look at the economic impact of antimicrobial resistance. His team has already set out initial proposals to overhaul the global antibiotics pipeline over the next ten years, with final recommendations due by the summer of 2016. The O’Neill Review has also calculated that failure to tackle resistance to superbugs could cause 10 million extra deaths a year and cost up to $100 trillion by 2050.
Hosted by the industry group Bionow, BioInfect 2015 is now in its third year. Supported by the drug development consultancy Boyds, Shore Capital, Manchester Science Partnerships and Redx Pharma, the conference contributes to setting the international agenda regarding a new global health architecture, with new laws, regulations, governance mechanisms, and tools to get the issue under control.
Organiser: BioNow
