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John Rex

Wellesley Hills

Editor-in-Chief at AMR.Solutions

Antibiotic developer & sender of occasional AMR newsletters. Antibiotics are the #FireExtinguishersOfMedicine! 💊🧯⚕️ #StopSuperbugs #AMRSOS

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  • 5 days ago | amr.solutions | John Rex

    Dear All,We’ve previously discussed the availability of large surveillance datasets from the Vivli AMR Register. In particular, you should review Patricia Bradford’s summary of ways to use these data in the 20 Oct 2024 newsletter entitled “Vivli: Access to Industry’s Susceptibility Surveillance data.”Vivli have now announced their 2025 Vivli AMR Surveillance Data Challenge.

  • 1 week ago | amr.solutions | John Rex

    John’s Top Recurring MeetingsVirtual meetings are easy to attend, but regular attendance at annual in-person events is the key to building your network and gaining deeper insight. My personal favorites for such in-person meetings are below. Of particular value for developers are BEAM’s AMR Conference and GAMRIC (formerly, the ESCMID-ASM conference series).

  • 1 week ago | amr.solutions | John Rex

    John’s Top Recurring MeetingsVirtual meetings are easy to attend, but regular attendance at annual in-person events is the key to building your network and gaining deeper insight. My personal favorites for such in-person meetings are below. Of particular value for developers are BEAM’s AMR Conference and GAMRIC (formerly, the ESCMID-ASM conference series).

  • 1 week ago | amr.solutions | John Rex

    Dear All,If you represent a US-based organization with an interest in AMR, there is an opportunity to sign a letter advocating for AMR-related funding in the FY2026 US Government (USG) budget. Founded in 2014, IDSA’s S-FAR (Stakeholder Forum on Antimicrobial Resistance) has been steadily coordinating messages to the USG from professional groups with an interest in AMR. Today, there is an opportunity to be a part of the process for FY2026 by signing this draft letter.

  • 2 weeks ago | amr.solutions | John Rex

    Dear All (with thanks to Louise for co-authoring and with a wonkish alert … settle in for the ride!),Today’s newsletter discusses the intersection of three themes around antibiotic access. Recall first how the paper by Baraldi et al.

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John H. Rex, MD
John H. Rex, MD @JohnRex_NewAbx
20 Nov 24

For #WAAW24, I ask you to take a moment to celebrate the @WHO Task Force of AMR Survivors. @purdiedad73 and @ellabalasa1 joined me to share their stories and details of their work so far. Listen now! https://t.co/tuHUb2MwNM #StopSuperbugs #AMRSOS⚕️ #FireExtinguishersOfMedicine

John H. Rex, MD
John H. Rex, MD @JohnRex_NewAbx
18 Nov 24

RT @IneosOxford: Today is the start of World AMR Awareness Week #WAAW This year's theme is 'Educate. Advocate. Act Now.' Throughout the we…

John H. Rex, MD
John H. Rex, MD @JohnRex_NewAbx
18 Nov 24

RT @CDC_AR: #AntimicrobialResistance (AR) is estimated to kill more than 1 million globally each year. Preventing infections in the first p…