ArticleJournal of medical ethics2025
Ethical argument for establishing good manufacturing practice for phage therapy in the UK.
Article in Journal of medical ethics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Phage cocktails: state-of-the-art technologies and strategies for effective design.FEMS microbiology reviews · 2026Review
- Navigating Regulatory Frameworks and Compliances for Bacteriophages as Therapeutic Agents.Current pharmaceutical biotechnology · 2026Review
- Bacteriophages targetingFrontiers in microbiology · 2026Review
- Spot-on phage therapy: stable formulations, smarter dosing for topical phage application.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026Review
- Phage Therapy in Managing Multidrug-Resistant (MDR) Infections in Cancer Therapy: Innovations, Complications, and Future Directions.Pharmaceutics · 2025Review
- Non-antibiotic therapies for multidrug-resistant gastrointestinal infections: an overview of the use of probiotics, natural compounds, and bacteriophages.Frontiers in antibiotics · 2025Review
- Isolation and Characterization of a Bacteriophage with Potential for the Control of Multidrug-ResistantViruses · 2024Article
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Abstract
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses an increasing threat to patient care and population health and there is a growing need for novel therapies to tackle AMR. Bacteriophage (phage) therapy is a re-emerging antimicrobial strategy with the potential to transform how bacterial infections are treated in patients and populations. Currently, in the UK, phages can be used as unlicensed medicinal products on a 'named-patient' basis. We make an ethical case for why it is crucially important for the UK to invest in Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) for both ongoing unlicensed and future licensed phage therapy. Access to phages produced to GMP (GMP phages) will ensure effective patient care and better outcomes as well as health systems benefits. The UK also has the potential to become a global leader in the timely and cost-efficient manufacturing and supply of a therapy that meets internationally recognised standards.
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