Vivli Executive Director, Rebecca Li, spoke at the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy event entitled “Data Capture to Measure, Track, and Improve Antibiotic Use” on March 2nd. She took part in the panel discussion for ‘Policy Approaches to Improve Data Capture for Antibiotic Use’ which discussed the need for the expansion of programs to capture antimicrobial resistance surveillance data, and the barriers stakeholders encounter in gathering evidence for novel antibiotics.
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Vivli team authors new publication in GARDP’s REVIVE newsletter
Vivli Executive Director Rebecca Li and Antimicrobial Development Consultant Patricia Bradford recently authored a Viewpoint article entitled “Access to industry antimicrobial resistance (AMR) susceptibility surveillance data” in the GARDP REVIVE newsletter. This paper aims to raise awareness of the availability of high-quality AMR susceptibility data collected from surveillance programs by the pharmaceutical industry. These data are freely available and can be requested through the AMR Register by researchers wishing to advance the fight against antimicrobial resistance.
Vivli featured in Insight article ‘Leveraging Data, Innovation to Combat the ‘Silent Pandemic’
Vivli’s AMR Register is featured in an article from Insight, Vivli’s technical partner, titled Leveraging Data, Innovation to Combat the ‘Silent Pandemic’. In the article, Insight discusses the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance, and how technology can be used as a force for good to drive modern medicine forward.
Vivli Executive Director Dr. Rebecca Li Speaking at the PACCARB September Public Meeting (Innovation Spotlight)
Vivli’s Executive Director, Dr. Rebecca Li, spoke at The Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (PACCARB) Public Meeting on September 13th for the Innovation Spotlight, on the topic “AMR Register – An Innovative platform for sharing industry surveillance data”. Dr. Li spoke alongside other companies with innovations in antimicrobial resistance. View Dr. Li’s slides here.
This meeting of PACCARB aimed to “identify key issues and critical policy gaps through a series of facilitated discussions examining a hypothetical large-scale disease outbreak scenario based on historic examples and estimates of future AMR outbreaks.”
Further information about the meeting can be found here.
Media Coverage and Social Media Update
Media Roundup:
- Sci Dev Net: Pharma companies to share data on antimicrobial resistance
- All Africa: Africa: Pharma Companies to Share Data on Antimicrobial Resistance
- All Africa: Pharma Companies to Share Data on Deadly Antimicrobial Resistance
- CIDRAP Stewardship / Resistance Scan for Jun 22, 2022: New online platform for sharing AMR data launched
- CIDRAP News: Data-sharing initiative aims to help fight against antibiotic resistance
Social Media:
Pablo-David Rojas on Twitter: “Here a valuable and powerful tool, data-driven and very useful to tackle #AntimicrobialResistance”
Nadine Hillock on Twitter: ”Fantastic initiative! 👏👏 AMR data sharing platform for researchers to access resistance data held by industry”
Damiano de Felice on Twitter: “Kudos to @Wellcome_AMR and @VivliCenter.It is great to see that the #AMRregister has become a reality”
Pfizer Medical on Twitter: “We’re pleased to lead the way as a founding contributor of antimicrobial surveillance raw data to @VivliCenter AMR Register, enabling key decision makers access to trends in resistance #AMR”
Francesca on Twitter: “Wow it is fantastic to see this becoming reality and with so many contributing companies https://amr.vivli.org @Wellcome_AMR @VivliCenter”
Venatorx Pharmaceuticals on Twitter: “Groundbreaking Data-Sharing Initiative Launches to Increase Understanding of Antimicrobial Resistance. Log on and explore the Register today!! @VivliCenter @GSK @pfizer @Merck @JNJGlobalHealth @SHIONOGI_JP @ParatekPharma @ViatrisInc https://amr.vivli.org
Karla Childers on Twitter: “Congratulations to @VivliCenter for the launch of the AMR register! It was an honor to be part of the event today.”
Venatorx on LinkedIn: “ATTENTION: Groundbreaking Data-Sharing Initiative Launches to Increase Understanding of Antimicrobial Resistance”
Jeevan John on LinkedIn: “Insight has partnered again with nonprofit Vivli in its launch of an AMR data-sharing platform to help clinical researchers tackle the problem.”
Health Europa on LinkedIn: “Leading pharmaceutical companies have joined forces to share surveillance data on antibiotic-resistant bacteria to tackle the global threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).”
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Foundation Briefing on Industry AMR Surveillance: Data for Action
Join us for a Foundation Briefing on Industry AMR Surveillance: Data for Action.
See our inspiring line-up in the agenda and speaker biographies.
It will be a virtual event on:
September 30, 2021
9:00-12:00 ET / 14:00-17:00 BST / 22:00-1:00 JST
The meeting will be a focus on industry antimicrobial resistance surveillance as we wish to raise awareness of the value of AMR surveillance data.
There will be contributions from AMR experts in academia, industry and funders and Q&A with participants. We do hope you will be able to join us. We will also introduce the AMR Register that will be launched next year and is currently funded by the Wellcome Trust.
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Vivli awarded contract to improve access to Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance data
Vivli is pleased to announce that following on from the Wellcome Trust-Open Data Institute (ODI) AMR pilot, Wellcome has awarded a contract to Vivli which aims to improve the access and research use of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance data.
The Wellcome-ODI pilot project focused on gathering and openly publishing data on industry-sponsored human antimicrobial surveillance programs. Vivli will develop a plan to foster increased research using the surveillance data in collaboration with a Steering Committee of industry data contributors. The Steering Committee, as well as a Scientific Advisory Board, will help steward the project forward.
“Our hope is that the research project will further advance understanding in the medical community, global organizations such as the United Nations and the World Health Organisation, and wider society,” said Rebecca LI, Vivli Executive Director and lead for the project. “We would like to thank the Open Data Institute and all companies and stakeholders who took part in this initiative.”
Insight Enterprises, Vivli’s long-time partner, will undertake the technical development of the platform linked to this grant.