EU Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn discussed EDCTP with Bill Gates

Published on 25 January 2012 in 'Press Releases'

Poverty-related diseases and the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership were discussed by Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, EU Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, with Mr Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Fou... Read more »

TBVI Symposium: Europe and ACP together against tuberculosis

Published on 25 January 2012 in 'Announcements'

On the occasion of the World Tuberculosis Day on 22 March 2012, the Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative (TBVI) will hold the symposium ‘Europe and ACP together against tuberculosis’ in Brussels. Under the patronage of MEP Charles Goerens, and co-hosted b... Read more »

Simplified artesunate regimen found efficacious in treating children with severe malaria

Published on 20 December 2011 in 'Announcements'

A shorter anti-malaria treatment is as effective in treating seriously ill children as the standard longer regimen. The EDCTP-funded SMAC phase II studies, coordinated by Prof. Peter G. Kremsner, have shown that three doses over two days of the drug ... Read more »

New call for proposals: EDCTP Strategic Primer grants

Published on 12 December 2011 in 'Announcements'

This grant will provide funding for research groups in sub-Saharan Africa and Europe to conduct innovative, ambitious studies that will generate results to inform future clinical trials; sustain and strengthen the capacity built up under EDCTP I; and... Read more »

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