Gradientech responds to call for new diagnostic approaches to combat antimicrobial resistance at AMR Conference in Berlin
Uppsala, Sweden, March 18, 2019. Speaking at the Novel Antimicrobials and AMR Diagnostics Conference in Berlin, Gradientech, developer of the QuickMIC™ rapid IVD system for antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST), stressed the importance of adopting new diagnostic approaches in the fight against antimicrobial resistance.Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats to global health today. lts impact is perhaps seen most clearly in the continuing rise in deaths from infections due to bacteria resistant to antibiotics -- at least 33,000 annually in Europe alone. "The World Health