Dear All:
The new WHO priority pathogen list for R&D has been released! It’s entirely focused on bacteria both otherwise has a lot of similarity the CDC list. FYI, CARB-X will use both lists going forward. Links to WHO materials are below. I have also prepared a short slide deck (updated on 22 Dec 2017) that shows the WHO, CDC, and ESKAPE pathogens side-by-side.
- 22 Dec 2017 addendum: See also this blog post regarding the methodology paper published Dec 2017.
- 11 Feb 2020 addendum: I have updated that deck to also show the CDC 2019 threat list. Get the new deck here, go here for a newsletter about CDC’s update, and go here for a discussion of the problem of setting antibiotic R&D priorities.
- 25 Oct 2022 addendum: WHO has released a PPL for fungi! Go here for more details; go here for the updated .pptx deck.
Best wishes, –jr
John H. Rex, MD | Chief Medical Officer, F2G Ltd. | Chief Strategy Officer, CARB-X | Expert-in-Residence, Wellcome Trust | Follow me on Twitter: @JohnRex_NewAbx
Press release: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2017/bacteria-antibiotics-needed/en/
Pathogen list: http://www.who.int/medicines/publications/WHO-PPL-Short_Summary_25Feb-ET_NM_WHO.pdf