- November 21, 2018The efficacy of antibiotic prophylaxis for surgical procedures
CDDEP study finds that antibiotics have become less effective at preventing surgical site infections after colorectal surgery.
Read moreRead more Read More - November 19, 2018Antibiotic resistance: 5 simple tips to help prevent or reduce the spread of drug-resistant infections.
Times Now News– November 19, 2018. “A new report by researchers at the Centre for Disease Dynamics Economics and Policy (CDDEP) warned that antibiotic-resistant infections are growing at an alarming rate in India, killing over 58,000 children every year.”
Read moreRead more Read More - November 18, 2018Deadly superbugs kill more Indians than people from any other country, finds study.
India Times– November 18, 2018. According to the study, conducted by researchers from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and The Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy (CDDEP) among others, the overall mortality rate due to drug-resistant bacteria in India was 13% in 2015.
Read moreRead more Read More - November 17, 2018Effective antibiotic therapies declining.
Times of India– November 17, 2018. Ramanan Laxminarayan, founder and director of CDDEP in Washington DC, said infections caused by Gram-negative bacteria are associated with higher mortality rates compared to those caused by Gram-positive bacteria, with rates of 17.7 percent and 10.8 percent, respectively.
Read moreRead more Read More - November 16, 2018Drug resistant infections associated with higher in-hospital mortality rates in India
CDDEP study finds multi- and extensively drug resistant bacterial infections, especially Gram-negative infections, pose a significant risk to patients.
Read moreRead more Read More - November 15, 2018Study shows declining efficacy of prophylactic antibiotics to prevent SSIs following colorectal surgery.
Healio, Infectious Disease News– November 15, 2018. “There has been concern that drug resistance would make surgeries and transplants difficult to perform because of the greater risk of untreatable, drug-resistant infections,” Ramanan Laxminarayan, PhD, director and founder of the Center for Disease, Dynamics, Economics & Policy and senior research scholar at Princeton University, told Infectious Disease News.”
Read moreRead more Read More - November 12, 2018Antibiotic awareness week- Talk vs. action?
American Council on Science and Health– November 12, 2018. “In the NAS workshop report, Ramanan Laxminarayan was quoted. He “also pointed out that the way to think about AMR’s consequences on human health needs to go beyond only focusing on the death tolls from drug-resistant pathogens. He highlighted that AMR deeply affects care-seeking behaviors. He described a scenario in […]
Read moreRead more Read More - October 17, 2018Geographic distribution of antibiotics after market introduction.
European Pharmaceutical Review-October 17, 2018. “According to a new study conducted by researchers at the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP) with colleagues at the University of Oslo, and other organizations, between 1999 and 2014, only 25 new antibiotics representing nine different antibiotic classes entered the global market.” “According to Ramanan Laxminarayan, CDDEP’s Director, “prior to this study, […]
Read moreRead more Read More - October 16, 2018Research assesses geographic distribution of new antibiotics following market introduction
None of the 25 new antibiotics registered between 1999 and 2015 targeted the most daunting infections caused by Gram-negative bacteria.
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