The urgent need for new antibacterial agents

Richard Wise*, Martin Blaser, Otto Carrs, Gail Cassell, Neil Fishman, Robert Guidos, Stuart Levy, John Powers, Ragnar Norrby, Glenn Tillotson, Rick Davies, Steven Projan, Mike Dawson, Dominique Monnet, Marcus Keogh-Brown, Kieran Hand, Sarah Garner, David Findlay, Chantal Morel, Richard Wise*Richard Bax, Frances Burke, Ian Chopra, Lloyd Czaplewski, Roger Finch, David Livermore, Laura J.V. Piddock, Tony White

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    102 Citations (Scopus)
    Original languageEnglish
    Article numberdkr261
    Pages (from-to)1939-1940
    Number of pages2
    JournalJournal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
    Volume66
    Issue number9
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Sept 2011

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    D. L. has received conference, speaking and research support from numerous pharmaceutical companies. He holds shares in AstraZeneca, Merck, Pfizer, Dechra, and GlaxoSmithKline, and, as executor, manages further holdings in GlaxoSmithKline and Eco Animal Health. He is an employee of the UK HPA and is a UK taxpayer. R. B. is currently a senior partner at Transcrip partners LLP and works with several large and small pharmaceutical companies in the area of antibiotic development. He is also a non-executive director of Helperby Therapeutics Ltd. R. F. has provided consultative advice to Destiny Pharma, Glaxo-SmithKline, Menarini Recherche and Novartis. F. B. is an employee of Eli Lilly and Company Ltd. I. C. is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Destiny Pharma Ltd and has recently received research funding from Cubist, Destiny, Galapagos, Leo, Pfizer, Novartis and Novacta. T. W. is an independent consultant, a retired employee and shareholder of GlaxoSmithKline, and in the past 5 years has received financial remuneration for consultancy or presentations from GSK and Chiron/Novartis. The remaining members of the Working Party have none to declare.

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