The European Commission has announced the launch, in 2015, of a new €1 million prize on Diagnostics: Reducing the Mis-use of Antibiotics Prize.
The Prize will reward a rapid test that can identify at the point of care patients with upper respiratory tract infections that can be managed safely without antibiotics.
Awarded under the European Commission Horizon 2020 prize programme, this award is a different, but complementary initiative, to the £10 million Longitude Prize 2014 for Antibiotics that was launched on the 6th October.