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The House of Commons’ Science and Technology Committee today held an oral evidence session following up on its previous report on antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
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Witnesses included Lord O’Neill, who led the independent Review on AMR and who noted the importance of TB to the AMR agenda during the session:
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“Of the 10 million deaths that we suggested could happen, one third approximately would be TB, and there appear to be some interesting developments on drugs where, with a bit of momentum, there could be some breakthroughs, to break the very worrying rapid escalation of drug‑resistant TB in many highly populated emerging countries.”
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The full transcript is available here: https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/science-and-technology-committee/inquiries/parliament-2015/antimicrobial-resistance-follow-up-16-17/