Longitude Prize

This page shows the latest Longitude Prize news and features for those working in and with pharma, biotech and healthcare.

Longitude Prize awards grants for antibiotic test development

Longitude Prize awards grants for antibiotic test development. Five UK teams among the winners seeking to tackle antimicrobial resistance. ... Daniel Berman, Longitude Prize lead at UK innovation foundation Nesta, said: “ The groups receiving these

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NICE wants responsible use of antibiotics in pneumonia

The need to improve diagnostic efforts in bacterial infections was highlighted earlier this year in the winner of the Longitude Prize, a UK innovation prize that was awarded to the development
Antibiotics: pharma's Cinderella story

In the UK the Longitude Prize awarded for addressing societal challenges was this year granted to the development of rapid, reliable point of care diagnostics to enable more effective use of
UK healthcare professionals urged to say 'no' to antibiotics

The urgent need to revise the way the antibiotics are used also led to the £10m Longitude Prize being awarded to a diagnostic tool for bacterial infections, while a campaign to
Pharma industry backs UK antibiotics plan

The launch of the review follows the announcement this week that the Longitude Prize will focus on antibiotics.
UK innovation prize to support antibiotic diagnostics

UK innovation prize to support antibiotic diagnostics. Longitude Prize 2014 offers £10m to develop tool to fight antimicrobial resistance. ... The Longitude Prize chose to invest in antibiotic research after the challenge won a public vote launched

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The AMR threat

Dame Sally has worked hard to raise awareness of the challenges involved in tackling antibiotic resistance, and she helped bring it to a world stage via the innovative Longitude Prize. ... Launched at the 2013 G8 meeting, the prize supports research into

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Antibiotic Resistance: Alarm bells ring louder than ever

Plus, recent financial incentives have been encouraging these smaller players, as exemplified by the £10 million 2014 Longitude Prize.

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