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Title: | Essential Topics for the Regulatory Consideration of Phages as Clinically Valuable Therapeutic Agents: A Perspective from Spain |
Author: | Vázquez, Roberto Díez-Martínez, Roberto Domingo-Calap, Pilar García, Pedro Gutiérrez, Diana Muniesa Pérez, Ma. Teresa Ruiz-Ruigómez, María Sanjuán, Rafael Tomás, María Tormo-Mas, María Ángeles García, Pilar |
Keywords: | Bacteriòfags Antibiòtics Bacteriophages Antibiotics |
Issue Date: | 26-Mar-2022 |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Abstract: | Antibiotic resistance is one of the major challenges that humankind shall face in the short term. (Bacterio)phage therapy is a valuable therapeutic alternative to antibiotics and, although the concept is almost as old as the discovery of phages, its wide application was hindered in the West by the discovery and development of antibiotics in the mid-twentieth century. However, research on phage therapy is currently experiencing a renaissance due to the antimicrobial resistance problem. Some countries are already adopting new ad hoc regulations to favor the short-term implantation of phage therapy in clinical practice. In this regard, the Phage Therapy Work Group from FAGOMA (Spanish Network of Bacteriophages and Transducing Elements) recently contacted the Spanish Drugs and Medical Devices Agency (AEMPS) to promote the regulation of phage therapy in Spain. As a result, FAGOMA was asked to provide a general view on key issues regarding phage therapy legislation. This review comes as the culmination of the FAGOMA initiative and aims at appropriately informing the regulatory debate on phage therapy. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10040717 |
It is part of: | Microorganisms, 2022, vol. 10, num. 4, p. 717 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/191903 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10040717 |
ISSN: | 2076-2607 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística) |
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