The Veterinary Biologicals Committee (VBC) of the International Alliance for Biological Standardization (IABS) will hold a virtual scientific workshop on quality, safety and efficacy of bacteriophages for veterinary use. Veterinary medicine is confronted by the need to substantially reduce the use of antimicrobials as part of a joint effort by both human and veterinary medicine (One Health) to fight against antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Bacteriophages used alone, or in combination with antimicrobials are a supplementary tool to conventional antibiotics and have been developed for use in several areas, e.g. in aquaculture, bovine mastitis, pig diarrhoea, control of salmonella in pigs, as well as for treatment of conditions in individual animals such as dermatitis in dogs.
Therefore, the workshop will focus on the use of phages to reduce antimicrobials use:
- Therapeutic use of phages in production and companions animals;
- Prophylactic use of phages in terrestrial and aquatic situations with the aim to reduce infectious pressure in animal holdings.
This workshop will create an ideal environment for discussion between regulators, academics and companies to facilitate the development of phages as an additional tool to reduce AMR and as a therapeutic tool for individual/herd treatment of resistant bacterial infections.
This web-conference of the different stakeholders should promote a better understanding between regulators, researchers and companies developing phages; regulators can explain the existing regulatory framework (e.g. EMA guideline and EP chapter will be proposed for adoption before the holding of the meeting) and discuss their interpretation; companies can explain the drawbacks/difficulties in the industrial development of phages and possible solutions. This meeting will conclude with concrete suggestions on how access to market for phage products can be improved.
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The call for posters is still open for oral presentation related to the topics of the Avoiding Antimicrobial Resistance: Veterinary Use of Phages for Prevention, Therapy and Control of Bacterial Infections virtual meeting.
The call of posters is an opportunity for individuals and teams to showcase the latest knowledge, potential solutions and innovations to support research into development of phages as an additional tool to reduce AMR and as a therapeutic tool for individual/herd treatment of resistant bacterial infections.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following:
- Topics of the meeting
- Research & Development for Phages-based products
Posters will be displayed in PowerPoint format and the authors will have 5 minutes to present live during the “Poster Session”. All of the poster authors are required to register, attend and present the poster at the conference. The poster will also by displayed in the e-book of the meeting, published on the meeting website.
Submission Process:
- This call for posters is open to all scientific community. It is addressed to all professionals promoting and working on phages development and production, universities, companies, etc.
- Deadline : Please note the deadline for the submission : September 16, 2024
- Authors of accepted posters are requested to design in English and send their posters in PowerPoint format to secretariat@iabs.org, indicating which topic area they would like to be considered for.
- Please send your poster to secretariat@iabs.org
Submitted posters will undergo a thorough selection process carried out by meeting chairs. Key selection criteria will be clarity, relevance, timeliness, novelty and originality.
More information can be found here.