Kevin Outterson, JD, LLM
Professor of Law and N. Neal Pike Scholar
Boston University School of Law
Health and Disability Law

JD, Northwestern University School of Law
LLM, University of Cambridge
BS, Northwestern University



Research interests in pharmaceutical innovation, including the law & economics of antimicrobial resistance.

Professor of Health Law, Ethics & Human Rights
Boston University School of Public Health
Health Law, Policy & Management
Center for Health Law, Ethics & Human Rights

Executive Director of CARB-X
Boston University School of Law
Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator (CARB-X)




CARB-X Global Antibacterial Accelerator
06/01/2022 - 05/31/2029 (PI)
HHS/ASPR/Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority


CARB-X Global Antibacterial Accelerator (WT)
01/01/2026 - 12/31/2028 (PI)
Wellcome Trust


CARB-X Global Antibacterial Accelerator (KfW)
01/01/2026 - 12/31/2028 (Subcontract PI)
KfW Development Bank EU HERA (Hlth Emerg)


CARB-X Global Antibacterial Accelerator (Italy MEF)
01/01/2025 - 12/31/2027 (PI)
Ministry of Economy and Finance of Italy


Accelerating the Development of innovative Preventive Approaches to Combat AMR
05/18/2018 - 05/31/2027 (PI)
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation


CARB-X Global Antibacterial Accelerator (GAMRIF)
01/01/2023 - 03/31/2027 (Multi-PI)
PI: Kevin Outterson, JD, LLM
Department of Health and Social Care


CARB-X Global Antibacterial Accelerator (NNF)
01/01/2024 - 12/31/2026 (PI)
Novo Nordisk Foundation


CARB-X Global Antibacterial Accelerator (BMBF)
01/01/2023 - 12/31/2026 (PI)
The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research


CARB-X Global Antibacterial Accelerator (WT)
10/06/2021 - 10/05/2026 (PI)
Wellcome Trust


European Partnership: One Health Anti-Microbial Resistance (OHAMR)
06/01/2025 - 05/31/2026 (Subcontract PI)
Swedish Research Council EU Health & Digital


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  1. Goh M, Outterson K, Kesselheim AS. Priority without progress: the FDA's neglected tropical disease voucher program after 18 years. Health Aff Sch. 2026 Feb; 4(2):qxag024. PMID: 41710508; PMCID: PMC12911920; DOI: 10.1093/haschl/qxag024;
     
  2. Poirier MJ, Singh J, Weldon I, Chandler CI, Corno D, Valtere L, Batista PHD, Carelli D, Boily-Larouche G, Lewycka S, Emdin F, Liddell K, Minssen T, Natali I, Nayiga S, Okeke IN, Olamijuwon E, Outterson K, Piper J, Strong K, Thakur JS, Thavorn K, Van Der Heijden M, Viens AM, Wiktorowicz M, Hoffman SJ. Social science contributions to the global action plan on antimicrobial resistance. Bull World Health Organ. 2026 Jan 01; 104(1):53-55. PMID: 41409099; PMCID: PMC12706718; DOI: 10.2471/BLT.25.294438;
     
  3. Goh M, Viens AM, Abdool Karim S, Kesselheim AS, Outterson K. Whose burden, whose benefit? Revisiting ethical trade-offs in the WHO guidelines on scaling up mass azithromycin administration. PLoS Med. 2025 Sep; 22(9):e1004736. PMID: 41026666; PMCID: PMC12483271; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004736;
     
  4. Goh M, McEnany M, Freeman R, Newton M, Kesselheim AS, Outterson K. Bridging the fair share gap for antibacterial innovation: an observational analysis of antibacterial revenues in the G7 and EU27. EClinicalMedicine. 2025 Oct; 88:103485. PMID: 40989242; PMCID: PMC12452676; DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2025.103485;
     
  5. Weldon I, Liddell K, Outterson K. Policy Options for Antimicrobial Resistance: Exploring Lessons From Environmental Governance. Milbank Q. 2025 Dec; 103(4):1003-1046. PMID: 40876865; PMCID: PMC12864006; DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.70050;
     
  6. Goh M, Outterson K, Kesselheim AS. Examining Pricing and Availability for Neglected Tropical Disease Therapies in the United States. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2025 Jul; 12(7):ofaf391. PMID: 40689243; PMCID: PMC12275087; DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaf391;
     
  7. Mossialos E, Outterson K, Davies S, Anderson M. The antimicrobial resistance cube: a framework for identifying policy gaps and driving action. Lancet. 2025 Apr 30. PMID: 40318688
     
  8. Robertson C, McCuskey E, Ahmed A, Lomax D, Zeiler K, McCarthy D, Stephens L, Ulrich M, Vernaglia L, Duryea DP, Huberfeld N, Outterson K. Celebrating 70 Years of Health Law at BU. Am J Law Med. 2024 Dec; 50(3-4):149-160.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40126117
     
  9. Chong CE, Pham TM, Carey ME, Wee BA, Taouk ML, Favieres JF, Moore CE, Dyson ZA, Lim C, Brown CL, Williamson D, Opatowski L, Outterson K, Mukiri KM, Sherry NL, Essack SY, Brisse S, Grad YH, Baker KS. Conference report of the 2024 Antimicrobial Resistance Meeting. NPJ Antimicrob Resist. 2024 Nov 29; 2(1):43. PMID: 39843763; PMCID: PMC11721068; DOI: 10.1038/s44259-024-00058-z;
     
  10. Goh M, Kesselheim AS, Outterson K. Azithromycin to Reduce Mortality. N Engl J Med. 2024 Nov 28; 391(21):2060. PMID: 39602642
     
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‘A time of urgency’: Crisis in the antibacterial pipeline

Helio 11/26/2025

Paying for Prevention: How to Fix AMR’s Broken Incentives

Infection Control Today 11/20/2025

The Global Antimicrobial Resistance Diary Puts A Face On Serious Infections

Forbes 5/7/2024

4.95 Million People Die From Treatable Infections Annually. A New Project Tells Their Stories

Forbes 5/7/2024

A superbug killed my daughter at 25. Here's how Congress can save others.

USA Today 11/15/2022

Superbugs are a "second punch" after pandemic

Axios 9/9/2022

Should I Be Worried About Resistance to Antibiotics?

Bloomberg 8/21/2022

Antibiotic-resistant infections could dwarf the COVID-19 pandemic

The Boston Globe 7/18/2022

As Big Pharma loses interest in new antibiotics, infections are only growing stronger

News Medical 7/15/2022

How the pandemic screwed up our antibiotics

Vox 7/14/2022

A Better Way to Fund the Fight Against Superbugs

Bloomberg 5/24/2022

Antimicrobial Resistance: What’s At Stake And What Are We Doing About It?

Health Affairs 3/4/2022

The World’s Next Big Health Emergency Is Already Here

The Washington Post 1/27/2022

Drug-Resistant Superbugs Are Causing More Deaths: What’s Being Done?

Healthline 1/26/2022

VIDEO: Sustainable funding of antibiotic development

Healio 11/11/2021

Pfizer buys Amplyx to expand drug-resistant treatment portfolio

Reuters 4/28/2021

The next pandemic? It may already be upon us

The Guardian 2/15/2021

Biden must act quickly to defeat another pandemic

The Boston Herald 2/14/2021

Push and pull: funding drugs to be used only sparingly

Financial Times 2/9/2021

How a Small Biotech Survives Amid Looming Antibiotic Crisis

TheStreet 10/24/2020

We need new antimicrobials to prevent the next infectious disease crisis

STAT 8/12/2020

How a crumbling antibiotics infrastructure could yield ‘catastrophe’

PBS NewsHours 7/30/2020

Antibiotic pipeline in peril from coronavirus and incentives system

Axios 5/5/2020

Coronavirus lessons for the fight against ‘superbugs’

Financial Times 5/4/2020

New Genomic Tests Aim to Diagnose Deadly Infections Faster

The New York Times 2/24/2020

Antibiotic drug resistance is creating a global crisis, UN report says

Vox 5/7/2019

Antibiotics Aren’t Profitable Enough for Big Pharma to Make More

Bloomberg Businessweek 5/3/2019

Medicare payment rules hinder the fight against superbugs

STAT 4/17/2019

CARB-X to fund antibiotic development initiative

Homeland Preparedness News 2/11/2019

20 new antibiotics in pipeline to fight superbugs

The Times 2/5/2019

Antibiotics May Soon Become Useless. Now What?

Wired 10/12/2018
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