AMR Alliance Japan (Secretariat: Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI)) held the Second Meeting of Working Group 3 Under the Sub-committee on AMR of the Nikkei FT
Communicable Diseases Conference Asia Africa Medical Innovation Consortium (AMIC).

Working groups (WG) were established under the Sub-committee on AMR of the Nikkei FT Communicable Diseases Conference Asia Africa Medical Innovation Consortium (AMIC) in order to discuss the state of the antimicrobial market.

At this second meeting of WG3, participants discussed research on messaging to be used for the promotion of awareness about AMR.

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.

Please access our policy recommendations “Strengthening AMR Countermeasures to Respond to Health Crises Recommendations to the Japanese Government on Establishing a Pull Incentive System for the Antimicrobial Market: Creating an Ecosystem for Sustainable Antimicrobial Development to Protect the Lives of the Public Executive Summary” here

■Overview
Date and time: Friday, May 28, 2021
Organizer: AMR Alliance Japan (Secretariat: HGPI)

■Discussion
WG3 Members (alphabetical order by last name):

• Kyoko Ama (Representative, Children and Healthcare Project)
• Yoshiaki Gu (Professor, Department of Integrated Clinical Infectious Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University)
• Midori Hirai (Auditor, The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan / Director, Japanese Red Cross Hyogo Blood Center)
• Hajime Matsumoto (Public and Industry Policy, Health Policy, MSD K. K.)
• Yasunori Tawaragi (Director, International Affairs, Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association)

Moderator:

• Tomohito Shibata (AMR Alliance Japan Secretariat/ Manager, HGPI)

Secretariat (alphabetical order by last name):

• Yui Kohno (AMR Alliance Japan Secretariat / Associate, HGPI)
• Matt McEnany (AMR Alliance Japan Secretariat / Senior Manager, HGPI)
• Tomohito Shibata (AMR Alliance Japan Secretariat / Manager, HGPI)
• Chiaki Toma (The Nikkei FT Conference on Communicable Diseases, Nikkei Inc.)
• Mio Wakasa (The Nikkei FT Conference on Communicable Diseases, Nikkei Inc.)

■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)
September 23, 2020 The Third Sub-committee on AMR of the Nikkei Asia Africa Conference on Communicable Diseases – Asia Africa Medical Innovation Consortium (AMIC)
October 7, 2020 The Fifth 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)
October 8, 2020 The Third 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) 
November 7, 2020 The 7th NIKKEI FT Communicable Diseases Conference – The AMR Consortium of the Asia Africa Medical Innovation Consortium (AMIC)
December 14, 2020 The Fourth Meeting of the AMR Consortium of the Nikkei FT Communicable Diseases Conference Asia Africa Medical Innovation Consortium (AMIC)
March 12, 2021 The Fifth Meeting of the AMR Consortium of the Nikkei FT Communicable Diseases Conference Asia Africa Medical Innovation Consortium (AMIC)