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Antimicrobial Resistance: Is Health Technology Assessment Part Of The Solution Or Part Of The Problem?, Abigail Colson, Alec Morton, Christine Årdal, Kalipso Chalkidou, Sally Davies, Louis Garrison, Mark Jit, Ramanan Laxminarayan, Itamar Megiddo, Chantal Morel, Justice Nonvignon, Kevin Outterson, John Rex, Abdur Razzaque Sarker, Mark Sculpher, Beth Woods, Yue Xiao
Antimicrobial Resistance: Is Health Technology Assessment Part Of The Solution Or Part Of The Problem?, Abigail Colson, Alec Morton, Christine Årdal, Kalipso Chalkidou, Sally Davies, Louis Garrison, Mark Jit, Ramanan Laxminarayan, Itamar Megiddo, Chantal Morel, Justice Nonvignon, Kevin Outterson, John Rex, Abdur Razzaque Sarker, Mark Sculpher, Beth Woods, Yue Xiao
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Antimicrobial resistance is a serious challenge to the success and sustainability of our healthcare systems. There has been increasing policy attention given to antimicrobial resistance in the last few years, and increased amounts of funding have been channeled into funding for research and development of antimicrobial agents. Nevertheless, manufacturers doubt whether there will be a market for new antimicrobial technologies sufficient to enable them to recoup their investment. Health technology assessment (HTA) has a critical role in creating confidence that if valuable technologies can be developed they will be reimbursed at a level that captures their true value. We identify …