Skip to content
Agenda

Access to antibiotics in the Nordic region, v. 02

(Please note that the agenda may be subject to changes)

Monday 25 November 2024

 

10:00

Welcome

Petra Noreback

Ministry of Social Affairs

10:10

Welcome

Joakim Brandberg

Swedish Medical Products Agency

10.20

Welcome

Malin Grape

AMR Ambassador, Sweden

10.30

Ensuring global access to effective antibiotics

Global access to antibiotics to counteract development of AMR.

Otto Cars

Professor emeritus, Infectionus diseases, Uppsala University Founder, ReAct Action on Antibiotic Resistance

10.45

One Health

An integrated, unifying approach to balance and optimize the health of people, animals, and the environment.

Susanna Sternberg Lewerin

Swedish Veterinary Agency

11.00

Survey of the antibiotic market in the Nordic region

An overview of all formulations, strengths, and packages of registered antibiotics for human use in the Nordic region.

Anders Ternhag

Swedish Public Health Authority

11.15

Supply chain transparency

Supply chain transparency and improved information sharing about supply and needs are factors that could improve access to antibiotics for both human and animals.

Enrico Baraldi

PLATINEA

11.30

Poster pitch

 

12.00

LUNCH

 

13.00

Mapping of production capacity

Mapping of production capacity- a Swedish Government Assignment.

Ulrika Espefält Westin

Swedish Medical Products Agency

13.15

Withdraw or keep antibiotics on the Nordic market?

Reasons behind strategic decisions from the industry whether to keep or withdraw antibiotics from the Nordic market.

Adam Estrup

ViNordic

13.30

Shortages - industry perspective

Presentation from the industry perspective of shortages and access of antibiotics.

Bengt Mattson

LIF

13:45

Available antibiotics for veterinary use

An overview of formulations, strengths, and packages of registered antibiotics for veterinary use in the Nordic region.

Swedish Medical Products Agency

14.00

Treatment recommendations - Healthcare perspective

Impact of updated treatment recommendations from a healthcare perspective as well as an overview of the ongoing initiatives and collaboration.

Thomas Tängdén

STRAMA

14.15

Treatment recommendations - Veterinary perspective

Importance of updated treatment recommendations for veterinaries and the consequence of shortages.

To be confirmed

14.30

Access to antibiotics in Iceland

 

Olof Thorhallsdottir

Icelandic Medicines Agency

14.45

Access to antibiotics in Finland

To be confirmed

15.00

COFFEE AND PHOTO

 

15.30

Access to antiobbiotics in Greenland/Denmark

 

To be confirmed

15.45

Managing AMR in the environment while maintaining access to antibiotics

Examples related to antibiotic pollution from both manufacturing and use

Joakim Larsson

Gothenburg University

16.00

Environmental premium within the Swedish pharmaceutical benefits system

Ongoing government assignment to incentivise environmental responsibility in production of pharmaceuticals.

Krister Halldin

Swedish Medical Products Agency

16.15

AMR in legislations

Legislation from different sectors counteract AMR.

Åsa Kumlin Howell

Swedish Medical Products Agency

16.30

Nordic common packaging

Possibility to register Nordic packaging to reduced regulatory administration for antibiotics. Relevant for both human and veterinary antibiotics.

To be confirmed

16.45

MRP- Fast track for antibiotics

Possibility to use Mutual Recognition Process (MRP) when registering antibiotics in the Nordic region. Relevant for both human and veterinary antibiotics.

To be confirmed

17.00

Closure

 


      

Access to antibiotics in the Nordic region

Tuesday 26 November 2024

 

09.00

JAMRAI-2

Ongoing European project with the objective to increase access to antibiotics for human and animals.

Christine Årdal

Norwegian Institute of Public Health

09.15

Nordic reimbursement model

Outcome of reimbursement model and ongoing initiative to implement the model in the Nordic region to ensure future access to antibiotics.

Jenny Hellman

Swedish Public Health Authority

09.30

Nordic procurement initiative with environment incentives for the industry

Ongoing Nordic procurement initiative with environmental incentives for antibiotics.

Gudrun Gudnadottir

Sykehusinnkjøp HF

09.45

Funding research and development

Comparative study on pull incentives for antibiotcs R&D

Carl Björvang

The dental and pharmaceutical benefits agency

10:00

Nordic AMR initiatives, human, animal, and environment sector

Initiatives in the Nordic region within human, veterinary and environment sector.

Marmar Nekoro

Swedish Medical Products Agency

10:15

Challenges with clinical trials when developing new antibiotics

Gunilla Andrew Nielsen

Swedish Medical Products Agency

10:30

Antibiotics in pipeline

Anders Karlén

Uppsala university

10.40

COFFEE

 

11.00

Workshops

 

12.30

LUNCH

 

13.30

Workshops

 

15.00

COFFEE

 

15.30

Summary/Next step

Swedish Medical Products Agency

16.00

Closure