Opportunity to promote good antibiotics prescription practices, says EGA

The European Generic medicines Association (EGA) used the platform of European Antibiotic Awareness Day yesterday to highlight the need for good prescription practices and compliance. Good compliance with the use of antibiotic medicines is the biggest step in preventing antimicrobial resistance and patients should carefully follow the advice of their doctor or pharmacist.

The strategy to develop new antibiotics should be executed by public-private partnership and incentives should be disconnected from sales and commercial reward such as extending exclusivity, the EGA said. Antibiotic medicines are essential for public health and generic medicines ensure their availability to all patients across Europe.