Last few days to buy tickets – come bet on the Bark de Triomphe, 1 August 2017 at Beverley Race Course, Yorkshire

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Our Beverley Race Day is rapidly approaching. Thanks to the sterling work of one of our volunteers Benoit Guerin and his team we have already raised £1000s to fund our mission to tackle antibiotic resistance. Its still not too late to buy tickets. Click HERE to go the Beverley Race Course site. The race day is at  Beverley Race Course and …

ANTRUK’s Parliamentary Diary

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We have been working for the past couple of years with Kevin Hollinrake MP for Thirsk and Malton on  raising the issue of antibiotic resistance as often as possible with the Government and Ministers. Kevin has been extremely supportive of our work and as he is the MP for the constituency where ANTRUK was created and operates from we have …

2016 Annual Report and Accounts finalised – a year of growth and progress

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We are pleased to announce that our 2016 Annual Report and Accounts have been approved by our Trustees and are now finalised. 2016 was a year of growth and expansion for us. As the world’s first charity tackling bacterial antibiotic resistant infections, we; started Stage 1 of our Research Programme increased our income by nearly 30% to £235,000 held a …

BBC 4 Radio drama ‘Resistance’ broadcast; a story about the nightmare scenario of an AMR pandemic

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A mystery illness erupts at a North East Music Festival. What can it be? A brand new three part drama on BBC Radio 4 started at 2.15pm on 3 March with further episodes on 10 and 17 March. Written by renowned crime writer Val McDermid with actor Gina McKee (Our Friends in the North, Notting Hill) playing the lead role …

Profile of our Fundraisers

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As a very young charity determined to tackle antibiotic resistance we can only do this by raising funds from Trusts and Foundations, major donors, corporations and private individuals. To make our charity stand out from the crowd requires a particular type of person who has great personal skills, good knowledge about our mission, has great organisaitonal skills and can argue …

2017 Events Calendar – Please Support Our Volunteers Who Are Fundraising For Us

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We already have a busy schedule of events lined up in 2017 and we would like you to support our volunteers who are running, cycling and doing other events for us. Our first major sporting event is the Maserati Tour de Yorkshire. The Maserati Tour de Yorkshire Ride offers a unique mix of Tour de France delivery combined with Yorkshire …

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Save the Date; Dame Sally Davies, Chief Medical Officer to give ANTRUK Annual Lecture on Wednesday 11 October 2017

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We are delighted to announce that the Chief Medical Officer for England, Dame Sally Davies DBE, FMedSci, FRS will give our 2017 Annual Lecture. Dame Sally is one of the prime movers in highlighting the problem of antibiotic resistance to the world. She has been active in raising the profile of bacterial resistance and was instrumental in persuading the then …

Sunday Telegraph publishes Letter to the Editor – ‘Unite to face the threat of antibiotic resistance’

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Professor Colin Garner, ANTRUK’s Chief Executive gets Sunday Telegraph Letter to the Editor published on Sunday 18 December 2016 about medical charities with a common interest in tackling antibiotic resistance working together.  The text of the Letter is below; SIR – Your report on the possible underestimate of antibiotic-resistant sepsis deaths is deeply concerning, particularly as sepsis is not alone in causing …

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First research programme identifies potential antibiotic resistance breakers

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New research shows promising leads for potential antibiotic resistance breakers Antibiotic Research UK’s first research programme finds a number of drugs that can break antibiotic resistance in Gram-negative bacteria  Key findings include: ANTRUK has investigated ways to break resistance to the five main antibiotic classes including our last resort carbapenems and polymyxins Over 1500 drugs screened against four species of …

Great British Tea Party 2016 – thousands of pounds raised to fund our programmes

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Our second annual Great British Tea Party has been a resounding success.  Money is still coming in but we raised thousands of pounds towards our goal of tackling antibiotic resistance. GBTPs are the charity’s main national annual fundraising event and Tea Parties have been held all over the UK The Tea Party’s kept everyone busy with baking cakes, making pots …

New research reveals positive evidence that prescribing of antibiotics by GPs is decreasing faster than ever

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Official NHS Digital antibiotic prescription data also shows that prescribing for winter colds has reduced significantly Antibiotic Research UK and EXASOL release antibiotic prescription data analysis ahead of European Antibiotic Awareness Day on 18th November and The Great British Tea Party – Antibiotic Research UK’s national fundraising event. Key findings include: •    The national prescribing rate has fallen by over …

Brothers Ben and Marc Blackwell to run 2017 Virgin Money London marathon – they need your help

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For the first time this year we applied for and received a ballot entry for the 2017 Virgin Money London Marathon. We are delighted that Ben Blackwell has taken up our ballot place and wish him luck in reaching his target of £2,500.  Ben is the fiancee of Emily Morris, an AMR sufferer who’s story you can read here.  Ben …

ANTRUK welcomes Dr David Wareham Queen Mary University London to Science Committee

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Our Science Committee performs a very important role for our charity by overseeing our research programmes. ANTRUK depends on attracting the best scientists and clinicians to work with us to deliver on our goal of bringing one new antibiotic therapy to the clinic by the early 2020’s. We are delighted therefore that Dr David Wareham, Queen Mary University, London has …

Attention North Yorkshire residents – Professor Colin Garner to give talk on AMR at Helmsley Arts Centre – 17 November 2016

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As part of the 2016 Helmsley Arts Centre programme, Professor Colin Garner, the charity’s Chief Executive is giving a talk at 7.30pm on 17 November 2016 titled ‘Antibiotic Resistance: a Looming Medical Catastrophe’.  Tickets cost just £7.50 and all profits will go to the charity.  Tickets can be purchased online here Colin’s talk will be followed by a Q&A with himself …

Ed Whiting gives ANTRUK’s Inaugural Lecture followed by AMR patient talks, description of research programmes and Call to Action

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Ed Whiting, Director of Policy and Chief of Staff at the Wellcome Trust gave our First Inaugural Lecture (see Ed’s talk here) on 24 October 2016 in the Macmillan Room, Portcullis House, Westminster to an invited audience consisting of MPs, members of the House of the Lords, ANTRUK Members and the general public. The event was a great success with …

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ANTRUK is approved to become a member of the Association of Medical Research Charities

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ANTRUK has been working over the past 18 months to put into place all the necessary procedures to apply for membership of the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC). Many of the procedures that were needed for the Charity’s application were put together by June Garner, a volunteer working with the charity who has a lifetimes experience in Quality Assurance …

Announcement of Antibiotic Research UK’s 2016 Annual General Meeting

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We are pleased to announce that the Charity’s 2016 Annual General Meeting will take place in Committee Room 19, Palace of Westminster, Westminster, London at 4.15pm on Monday 24 October 2016. If you are intending to attend, please arrive at least 15 minutes before the event is due to commence to pass through security. Besides the formal part of the …

Ed Whiting OBE replaces Lord O’Neill as Keynote Speaker at Antibiotic Research UK’s Inaugural Lecture

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For personal reasons some of which have been widely publicised in the media, Lord Jim O’Neill who was going to be our Keynote speaker at our Inaugural Lecture event on 24 October 2016 has withdrawn from speaking. We are delighted that Ed Whiting OBE has stepped into the breach at short notice. Ed was a PPS to former Prime Minister …

Dr John Broughall, ANTRUK volunteer in the South gives talk to over 100 people at Cafe Scientifique, Winchester

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Dr John Broughall, our excellent and knowledgeable volunteer and speaker who is based in the South of England last night (5 September 2016) gave a talk to over 100 people at Cafe Scientifique, Winchester. The talk was at the Discovery Centre, Jewry Street and was entitled Antibiotic Research UK – “Are we Discovering new Antibiotics Quickly Enough?” John Broughall, (pronounced …

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AstraZeneca pulls out of antibiotic drug development

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Last week, AstraZeneca announced that it has entered into an agreement with Pfizer to sell the development and commercialisation rights to its late-stage small molecule antibiotics business. With this sale, AstraZeneca is pulling out of antibiotic drug development considering it a non-priority area for their business. At a time when we need more players to tackle the problem of antibiotic …