Antimicrobials are a broad range of medicines used to prevent and treat infections in humans, animals, and plants, including antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals and antiparasitics. The discovery of penicillin in 1928 by Alexander Flemming has been widely recognized as one of the greatest scientific advancements of the 20th century, but what happens when there are no new antimicrobials being discovered and the ones we have available no longer work? In this episode of the Public Health Insight Podcast, Mr. Oliver Schact, CEO of OpGen, joins to talk about:

• The drivers of antimicrobial resistance (AMR); 
• The impact of COVID-19 and lessons learned; and 
• How precision medicine can help to combat infectious diseases and the emergence of AMR. 

Podcast Guests

• Oliver Schacht

Podcast Hosts

• William Wang, BA, MPH
• Gordon Thane, BMSc, MPH, PMP®

References for Our Discussion 

• World Economic Forum: The looming health catastrophe that could be more deadly than COVID-19
• World Health Organization: Antimicrobial resistance

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