Industry incentives and antibiotic resistance: an introduction to the antibiotic susceptibility bonus.


Journal

The Journal of antibiotics
ISSN: 1881-1469
Titre abrégé: J Antibiot (Tokyo)
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0151115

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
07 2020
Historique:
received: 17 02 2020
accepted: 22 02 2020
pubmed: 24 3 2020
medline: 29 12 2020
entrez: 24 3 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

The scarcity of novel antibiotic compounds in a time of increasing resistance rates has begun to ring alarm bells at the highest echelons of government. Large new financial incentives to accelerate antibiotic research and development, such as market entry rewards (MERs), are being considered. However, there is little focus on how to sustain the efficacy of new, promising antibiotics reaching the market. Currently, inappropriate use of antibiotics is commonplace, which has accelerated resistance development. In an attempt to halt this trend, antibiotic stewardship policies are being implemented in many resource-rich settings. Unfortunately, this has not yet had an impact on the amount of antibiotics being prescribed globally. One important hurdle is misalignment of incentives. While governments and health services are incentivized to promote prudent use of this common good, pharmaceutical companies are incentivized to increase volume of sales to maximize profits. This problem must be addressed or else the major efforts going into developing new antibiotics will be in vain. In this paper we outline an approach to realign the incentives of pharmaceutical companies with wider antibiotic conservation efforts by making a staged bonus a component of an MER for antibiotic developers when resistance to their drug remains low over time. This bonus could address the lack of stewardship focus in any innovation-geared incentive.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32203126
doi: 10.1038/s41429-020-0300-y
pii: 10.1038/s41429-020-0300-y
pmc: PMC7292800
doi:

Substances chimiques

Anti-Bacterial Agents 0

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Review

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

421-428

Subventions

Organisme : CIHR
Pays : Canada

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Auteurs

Chantal M Morel (CM)

University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4, 1205, Geneva, Switzerland. Chantal.Morel@unige.ch.
Global Studies Institute, Rue des Vieux-Grenadiers 10, 1205, Geneva, Switzerland. Chantal.Morel@unige.ch.
Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University, Kyrkogårdsgatan 10C Box 513, 751 20, Uppsala, Sweden. Chantal.Morel@unige.ch.

Olof Lindahl (O)

Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University, Kyrkogårdsgatan 10C Box 513, 751 20, Uppsala, Sweden.

Stephan Harbarth (S)

Infection Control Programme and Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil, 41205, Geneva, Switzerland.
WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil, 41205, Geneva, Switzerland.

Marlieke E A de Kraker (MEA)

University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4, 1205, Geneva, Switzerland.

Suzanne Edwards (S)

Department of Health Care Management, Berlin University of Technology, Berlin, Germany.

Aidan Hollis (A)

Department of Economics, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr NW, Calgary, AB, T2N1N4, Canada.

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