Antimicrobial resistance is one of the biggest public health challenges of our time and fighting this serious threat is a priority that requires a collaborative approach across all sectors. BioInfect will look at the critical issues relating to the development of new anti-infectives, the endemic problem of resistance and the considerations for creating a truly global and effective response to antimicrobial resistance.

Antimicrobial resistance today
Antimicrobial resistance arises when the organisms that cause infection evolve ways to survive treatment. Once standard treatments are ineffective, it is easier for infections to persist and spread. These resistant organisms can be found in people, animals, food and the environment. The rise and spread of antimicrobial resistance is creating a new generation of ‘superbugs’ that cannot be treated with existing medicines. 

Drug resistant bacteria infect over 50m people people worldwide killing over 700,000 people each year. Without effective antibiotics, even minor surgery and routine operations could become high risk procedures if serious infections can’t be treated.

Keynote Speakers
We are delighted to have Janet Hemingway, Director at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Lloyd Payne, AMR and anti-infectives drug discovery specialist and advisor, Member of the Novo REPAIR Science Selection Board.

Attendees
To promote careers & skills development within this critical industry, Bionow are enabling students from across our Member Universities to attend this years' event who will be able to engage with delegates from Roche, Pfizer, Ineos Oxford Institute, TB Alliance, Infex Therapeutics, Evotec, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Antibiotic Research UK, Medicines Discovery Catapult, Pro-Lab Diagnostics, NHS, BIVDA, University of Cambridge, Biotaspheric, Destiny Pharma, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Cresset Discovery Services, NICE, Global AMR R&D Hub, Innovation Agency, Mutabilis, Vedanta Biosciences, AMR Action Fund, Knowledge Transfer Network, Apis Assay Technologies, Northumbria University, Withers & Rogers, BMG Labtech, University of Huddersfield, University of Manchester, AF ChemPharm, SRG, Sai Life Sciences, Durham University, University of Leeds, IN.PACT eK, Bio2Business, RSM, Melhor Consulting, Alderley Park Ltd, MFT and many more to follow......