Brussels, 19/11/2009 (Agence Europe) - On the European Antibiotic Awareness Day, on Wednesday 18 November, the European Commission presented a working paper to be used as a basis for reflection on how to better tackle the growing health problem of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Each year, about 25,000 patients die in the EU from infections caused by micro-organisms that have developed resistance to antimicrobial medicines. It is also estimated that, every year, AMR costs €1.5 in...