Elanco Animal Health’s chief medical officer speaks about antibiotic resistance in Asia, and what is contributing to the problem
Author
Professor Shabbir Simjee
Professor Shabbir Simjee
Professor Shabbir Simjee is chief medical officer at Elanco Animal Health and holds global responsibilities for its antimicrobial portfolio, from discovery through to post approval. Prior to this, he worked at the US FDA for three years at the Center for Veterinary Medicine, specifically looking at gene transfers between animal and human pathogens. Dr Simjee is past-chair of the VetPath program, a pan-European AMR monitoring programme, and past co-chair of the CLSI veterinary antimicrobial susceptibility testing sub-committee.
