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EU authority adopts recommendations to boost fight against AMR by 2030

Pharmaceutical Technology

The recommendations to combat AMR propose that there should be a 20% reduction in the total human consumption of antibiotics by 2030 alongside an even larger pushback against their use in animals, per the 13 June announcement.

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Too Much of a Good Thing? Unpacking the Rise of Polypharmacy in Seniors

PharmD Live

Their projections indicate that approximately 10,000 people will turn 65 each day over the next 19 years, with the population of older adults expected to double to 80 million by 2030. At this rate, nearly half of the older population could be impacted by polypharmacy by 2030. Data from the U.S. in 1994 to 42.4% Reference: Smith, J. &