H2020-HOA-1-2015 Horizon Prize - Better use of Antibiotics

1. OBJECTIVES OF THE FUNDING PROGRAMThe Horizon Prize for better use of antibiotics is a €1 million challenge prize. It will be awarded to the person or team who can most effectively meet the following challenge: develop a rapid test that will allow healthcare providers to distinguish, at the point of care, between patients with upper respiratory tract infections that require antibiotics and those that can be treated safely without antibiotics. The objectives of the prize are to:- Reduce the unnecessary use of antibiotics in case of viral upper respiratory tract infections;- Reduce costs and [...]