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2015 Meeting of the Transatlantic Taskforce on Antimicrobial Resistance (TATFAR) - “Let’s Keep Antibiotics Effective!”

22-10-2015 / 23-10-2015 - Hôtel Sofitel Luxembourg Europe

Under the Presidency of the Council of the European Union a meeting of the Transatlantic Taskforce on Antimicrobial Resistance (TATFAR) will take place in Luxembourg on the 22nd and 23rd October 2015.

The ‘Transatlantic Taskforce on Antimicrobial Resistanc’e (TATFAR) was created in 2009 with the goal of improving cooperation between the U.S. and the EU in three key areas:

  • appropriate therapeutic use of antimicrobial drugs in medical and veterinary communities,
  • prevention of healthcare and community-associated drug-resistant infections, and
  • strategies for improving the pipeline of new antimicrobial drugs.

Placed under the theme “Let’s keep Antibiotics Effective” the meeting will be opened on 22nd October, by the Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Vytenis Andriukaitis, and Ms Lydia Mutsch, Minister of Health.

  • Updated 20-10-2015