[Event Report] 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 7, 2020)
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- [Event Report] 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 7, 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, October 7, 2020
Organizer: AMR Alliance Japan (Secretariat: HGPI), Nikkei Inc.
■Discussion
WG1 Members (alphabetical order by last name):
Kazuyuki Akai (Director, Business Development, Nippon Becton Dickinson Company Ltd.)
Yusuke Ariyoshi (Director, Healthcare Policy, Government Affairs Dept., Shionogi & Co., Ltd.)
Masashi Kawata (Senior Manager, Public Affairs & Policy, Corporate Affairs, Health & Value, Pfizer Japan Inc.)
Tatsuro Kuzuki (Scientific Liaison, DNDi Japan)
Akio Ozaki (Director, Public and Industry Policy, Health Policy, MSD K. K.)
Makoto Seno (Marketing Director, Nippon Becton Dickinson Company Ltd.)
Takuko Sawada (Director of the Board, Executive Vice President, Shionogi & Co., Ltd.)
Satoshi Takagi (Business Director, Integrated Diagnostic Solutions, Medication Management Solutions, Nippon Becton Dickinson Company Ltd.)
Yasunori Tawaragi (Director, International Affairs, Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association)
Moderator:
Yui Kohno (AMR Alliance Japan Secretariat/Associate, HGPI)
Secretariat (alphabetical order by last name):
Yuiko Kondo (AMR Alliance Japan Secretariat/Senior Associate, HGPI)
Matt McEnany (AMR Alliance Japan Secretariat/Senior Manager, HGPI)
Tomohito Shibata (AMR Alliance Japan Secretariat/Senior Associate, HGPI)
Mio Wakasa (The Nikkei Asia Africa Conference on Communicable Diseases – Asia Africa Medical Innovation Consortium (AMIC) Project, 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)
September 23, 2020 The Third Sub-committee on AMR of the Nikkei Asia Africa Conference on Communicable Diseases – Asia Africa Medical Innovation Consortium (AMIC)
