Collaborative Projects

Paediatric Antibiotics Programme

Reference number: 01KA1832
Funding amount: 10.000.000 EUR
Funding Period: 2018 - 2023
Project leader: Dr. Seamus O´Brien
Address: Global Antibiotic Research & Development Partnership (GARDP)
15 Chemin Louis-Dunant
1202 Genf, Schweiz

Antibiotics for children have often not been developed for the needs of children. GARDP’s paediatric antibiotic programme aims to expedite the development of new, improved and adapted antibiotics to treat serious bacterial infections in children of-all-ages. Approaches include, for example, dose improvement the, change of the duration of treatment and / or the formulation of the medication.