January 21, 2022
Bulletin interne de l'Institut Pasteur
Institut Pasteur part of an international network for the development of new antimicrobials
Antimicrobial resistance remains a major public health issue with repercussions for several infectious diseases. Research on this issue is one of the Institut Pasteur's priority research areas, as laid down in its 2019-2023 Strategic Plan. Scientists from the Institut Pasteur recently contributed to a "roadmap" publication in the journal Nature Reviews Chemistry. The article provides a general overview of the current situation and proposes a research program to tackle the problem of antimicrobial resistance. The program is based around the IRAADD, the International Research Alliance for Antibiotic Discovery and Development, of which the Institut Pasteur is a member.