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[Event Report] The Third Meeting of the Sub-committee on AMR of the Nikkei Asia Africa Conference on Communicable Diseases – Asia Africa Medical Innovation Consortium (AMIC) (September 23, 2020)

[Event Report] The Third Meeting of the Sub-committee on AMR of the Nikkei Asia Africa Conference on Communicable Diseases – Asia Africa Medical Innovation Consortium (AMIC) (September 23, 2020)

Nikkei Inc. and AMR Alliance Japan (Secretariat: Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI)) jointly held the Third Meeting of the Sub-committee on AMR of the Nikkei Asia Africa Conference on Communicable Diseases – Asia Africa Medical Innovation Consortium (AMIC).

At this third meeting, participants from academia, the Government, industry and civil society discussed recommendations toward policy options to ensure sustainable research and development (R&D) for antimicrobials.

The Sub-committee will continue to work on a concrete proposal on ways to incentivize antimicrobial R&D in the future.

In light of the situation with novel coronavirus, this meeting was carried out primarily online. On-site participants were encouraged to keep a safe physical distance from each other.

 

■Overview
Date and time: Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Organizer: AMR Alliance Japan (Secretariat: HGPI), Nikkei Inc.

■Program
Greetings and Opening Remarks
Shigeru Omi (President, Japan Community Health care Organization (JCHO) / Regional Director Emeritus, Regional Office for the Western Pacific (WPRO), World Health Organization (WHO))
Kazuhiro Tateda (President, The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases / President, The Japanese Society for Clinical Microbiology / Professor, Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Toho University)
Ryoji Noritake (CEO, Board Member, Health and Global Policy Institute (AMR Alliance Japan Secretariat))

Presentations and Report
Recent Developments in AMR Measures at the Cabinet Secretariat:
Hiroyuki Noda (Councilor, Coordination Office of Measures on Emerging Infectious Diseases, Office of Pandemic Influenza and New Infectious Diseases Preparedness and Response, Cabinet Secretariat)

Working Group Activity Report:
Matt McEnany (AMR Alliance Japan Secretariat/Senior Manager, HGPI)

Discussion
Chair:
Kazuhiro Tateda (President, The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases / President, The Japanese Society for Clinical Microbiology / Professor, Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Toho University)

Draft Policy Recommendations for Pull Incentives
• System design (proposed model and budget scale)
• Clinical issues, ancillary obligations
• Other issues (general matters, value assessment issues, etc.)

Facilitator:
Tomohito Shibata (AMR Alliance Japan Secretariat / Senior Associate, HGPI)

Concluding Remarks:
Mitsuru Miyata (Representative Director, Healthcare Innovation Co.,Ltd./ Representative Director, Miyata Research Institute Co., Ltd.)

 

■Related events held as part of the “The Sub-committee on AMR of the Nikkei Asia Africa Conference on Communicable Diseases – Asia Africa Medical Innovation Consortium (AMIC)” project in and after FY2019 (chronological order)

January 22, 2020 The First Sub-committee on AMR of the Nikkei Asia Africa Conference on Communicable Diseases – Asia Africa Medical Innovation Consortium (AMIC)

March 11, 2020 The First Meeting of Working Group 1 Under the Sub-committee on AMR of the Nikkei Asia Africa Conference on Communicable Diseases – Asia Africa Medical Innovation Consortium (AMIC)

March 19, 2020 The Second Meeting of Working Group 1 Under the Sub-committee on AMR of the Nikkei Asia Africa Conference on Communicable Diseases – Asia Africa Medical Innovation Consortium (AMIC)

March 24, 2020 The First Meeting of Working Group 2 Under the Sub-committee on AMR of the Nikkei Asia Africa Conference on Communicable Diseases – Asia Africa Medical Innovation Consortium (AMIC)

April 27, 2020 The Second Sub-committee on AMR of the Nikkei Asia Africa Conference on Communicable Diseases – Asia Africa Medical Innovation Consortium (AMIC)

July 17, 2020 The Third Meeting of Working Group 1 Under the Sub-committee on AMR of the Nikkei Asia Africa Conference on Communicable Diseases – Asia Africa Medical Innovation Consortium (AMIC)

August 18, 2020 The Second Meeting of Working Group 2 Under the Sub-committee on AMR of the Nikkei Asia Africa Conference on Communicable Diseases – Asia Africa Medical Innovation Consortium (AMIC)

August 27, 2020 The Fourth Meeting of Working Group 1 Under the Sub-committee on AMR of the Nikkei Asia Africa Conference on Communicable Diseases – Asia Africa Medical Innovation Consortium (AMIC)

September 14, 2020 The First Meeting of Working Group 3 Under the Sub-committee on AMR of the Nikkei Asia Africa Conference on Communicable Diseases – Asia Africa Medical Innovation Consortium (AMIC)

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