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Cost and low investment deter pharmaceutical firms from establishing UK GMP phage facilities

Conclusion
One of the main obstacles to establishing Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) facilities in the UK is the cost and the reluctance of pharmaceutical firms to invest in phages and antimicrobials more generally because of an uncertain return on investment compared to other medicines and drugs. However, investing in a small, or shared multi-use, GMP facility is one possible solution to ensure that such capacity could be run cost effectively. The allocation of public funds to establish a GMP facility could be offset by savings delivered to the NHS, by avoiding wasted antibiotics and unnecessary surgery resulting from AMR. Such a facility could also supply phages to non-health sectors which could be used to cross-subsidise healthcare phages.
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Government Response

A response document is linked to this report, dated 1 March 2024. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document.

Addressee Bodies
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Timeline
Recommendation age 2.7 yrs
Report published 03 Jan 2024