About the ATLAS program

Pfizer sponsors one of the largest AMR surveillance programs in the world – The Antimicrobial Testing Leadership and Surveillance (ATLAS) database.¹ ATLAS is a fully searchable, interactive, user-friendly website and mobile application that provides free, rapid access – to anyone – to extensive data* on emerging bacterial and fungal resistance patterns and sensitivity to antibiotics. Pfizer’s ATLAS program was highlighted by the 2020 Access to Medicines Benchmark Report on AMR for the “pioneering move” of being the only company to share “not only its results, but also its raw data in the Wellcome Trust’s AMR Register, an open access platform”.²

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Expanding the scope of ATLAS

We are continuously exploring ways to evolve our resources to meet the changing needs of the infectious diseases community and halt the spread of resistant pathogens.

In April 2020, we evolved the ATLAS website platform from an industry-recognized antibacterial surveillance platform to a broader antimicrobial surveillance platform, with the inclusion of antifungal data via the integration of SENTRY surveillance data. SENTRY adds data from over 15,500 fungal isolates, collected from 40 countries, making Pfizer the only company to provide public access to both antifungal and antibiotic resistance data through a single platform.³

*ATLAS represents the integration of three surveillance programs: TEST (Tigecycline evaluation Surveillance Trial), AWARE (Assessing Worldwide Antimicrobial Resistance Evaluation) and INFORM (International Network for Optimal Resistance Monitoring).

ATLAS helps fight the threat of AMR

ATLAS provides decision makers and patients with full access to real-world surveillance data on a yearly basis to assess resistance trends, enabling them to adapt stewardship and infection control and prevention programs accordingly.³

1. AMR Industry Alliance. Pfizer – Antimicrobial Testing Leadership and Surveillance (ATLAS). Available at:https://www.amrindustryalliance.org/case-study/antimicrobial-testing-leadership-and-surveillance-atlas/ Last accessed May 2020.

2. Access to Medicine Foundation. Antimicrobial resistance benchmark 2020. Available at: https://accesstomedicinefoundation.org/media/uploads/downloads/5e26bb8b50bd3_Antimicrobial_Resistance_Benchmark_2020.pdf

3. Pfizer. Antimicrobial Testing Leadership and Surveillance. Available at:https://atlas-surveillance.com/ Last accessed May 2020.