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Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...
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, occupation = Law professor , years_active = , era = , employer = Boston University School of Law , organization = , agent = , known_for = Health Law, Intellectual Property Law, Antibiotic Resistance , notable_works = , style = , height = , television = , title = , term = , predecessor = , successor = , party = , movement = , opponents = , boards = , criminal_charges = , criminal_penalty = , criminal_status = , spouse = , partner = , children = , parents = , mother = , father = , relatives = , family = , callsign = , awards = , website = , module = , module2 = , module3 = , module4 = , module5 = , module6 = , signature = , signature_size = , signature_alt = , footnotes = Kevin Outterson is a lawyer, a professor of law and the N. Neal Pike Scholar in Health and Disability Law at
Boston University Boston University (BU) is a Private university, private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but has a historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1839 by Methodists with ...
(2014–present). He is also the founding executive director and principal investigator of Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator
CARB-X
, a global non-profit partnership that supports companies developing new antibiotics, diagnostics, vaccines and other products to address drug-resistant bacterial infections. CARB-X is funded by the United States, United Kingdom and German governments, Wellcome and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In 2022, CARB-X received a new commitment of funding from BARDA and Wellcome of up to $370 million. The G7 Health Ministers have cited CARB-X among the critical initiatives to support as the G7 governments renew their 2021 commitment to address the most dangerous drug-resistant infections. Outterson's research focuses primarily on the
law and economics Law and economics, or economic analysis of law, is the application of microeconomic theory to the analysis of law, which emerged primarily from scholars of the Chicago school of economics. Economic concepts are used to explain the effects of law ...
of antibiotic resistance–including push and pull incentives– health law,
intellectual property Intellectual property (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect. There are many types of intellectual property, and some countries recognize more than others. The best-known types are patents, cop ...
, and global access to medicine. Outterson has testified before
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, the
World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of ...
(WHO), UK Parliamentary working groups, and for the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, Vermont, California and West Virginia state legislatures. He is co-director of the health law program at Boston University School of Law (2007–present) and associate fellow at the
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at Chatham House, London (2014–present). He served on the Board of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics, and serves as faculty editor to th''e American Journal of Law & Medicine'' (2007–present). He is past editor-in-chief of the ''Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics'' (2010–2016).


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Racing the clock to stop drug-resistant superbugs
The Boston Globe ''The Boston Globe'' is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts. The newspaper has won a total of 27 Pulitzer Prizes, and has a total circulation of close to 300,000 print and digital subscribers. ''The Boston Glob ...
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Accelerating global innovation to address antibacterial resistance: introducing CARB-X
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery ''Nature Reviews Drug Discovery'' is a monthly peer-reviewed review journal published by Nature Portfolio. It was established in 2002 and covers drug discovery and development. The editor-in-chief is Peter Kirkpatrick. According to the ''Journal Ci ...

Can we prevent antibiotic resistance?The Brink
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Antibiotic-resistant infections could dwarf the COVID-19 pandemic
The Boston Globe ''The Boston Globe'' is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts. The newspaper has won a total of 27 Pulitzer Prizes, and has a total circulation of close to 300,000 print and digital subscribers. ''The Boston Glob ...
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Henry Skinner

A better way to fund the fight against superbugs
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Boston Business Journal The ''Boston Business Journal'' is a weekly, business-oriented newspaper published in Boston, Massachusetts. It is published by the American City Business Journals. The newspaper was founded by Robert Bergenheim and launched its first issue on ...
by ttps://www.linkedin.com/in/rowanwalrath/ Rowan Walrath*"[https://www.progresspotentialpossibilities.com/podcast/episode/7af500c0/dr-erin-duffy-phd-and-kevin-outterson-esq-combating-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria-carb-x Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator (CARB-X)]" Progress, Potential, and Possibilities hosted b
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The Global Burden of AMR
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Antibiotic Resistance: How CARB-X Helps New Companies Get a Running Start
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