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Longitude Prize awards grants for antibiotic test development

Daniel Berman, Longitude Prize lead at UK innovation foundation Nesta, said: “The groups receiving these grants are working across a range of technologies, from nanosensors to gene detectors to lasers, but ... Launched by David Cameron at the G8 Summit

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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

The Longitude Prize, which was launched by Prime Minister David Cameron at G8 last year, is looking to support research into a simple test to determine if an infection is caused ... The Longitude Prize chose to invest in antibiotic research after the

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Tackling antimicrobial resistance on multiple fronts

Indeed, the innovations in the race to win the Longitude Prize, an £8m challenge prize to accelerate the development of a rapid, affordable point-of-care diagnostic test to reduce overuse ... The Longitude Prize. From a design perspective, we know that
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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