Symposium T4
Infectious Diseases: the battle we will win

Wednesday 24 May 2017
09:00-12:00
Stockholmsmässan : K16

Co- Chair(s):  Linda Hakes, APS and Ulf Janzon, IPS 

Programme

09:00 – 09:10 Opening remarks from the Chair

09:10 – 09:45 Economic implications of antimicrobial resistance and ineffective treatments
Murray Aitken, QuintilesIMS Institute, USA 

09:45- 10:20 Scientific approaches to tackle antimicrobial resistance
Ron de Winter, COMBACTE, The Netherlands                 

10:20 - 10:40 BREAK

10:40 – 11:15 Tackling tuberculosis
Klaus Romero, The Critical Path Institute, USA

11:15 – 11:50 Tropical parasitic diseases – the challenge of developing effective treatments
Alan Fairlamb, University of Dundee, UK

11:50 – 12:00 Closing remarks from the Chair