Sixth EDCTP Forum: sponsorship opportunities, programme overview and EDCTP awards

Published on 25 March 2011 in 'Announcements'

The Sixth EDCTP Forum is now inviting interested organisations to sponsor the event. The EDCTP forum has developed into one of the major conferences in Africa related to the three PRDs. For this reason, the forum provides excellent possibilities to h...

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World Tuberculosis Day 2011: EDCTP contributes to fill research gaps

Published on 24 March 2011 in 'Press Releases, Announcements'

The European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) fully supports the ambition of the international Stop TB Partnership to transform the fight for the elimination of tuberculosis. The Global Plan to Stop TB 2011-2015 identifies...

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International Women’s Day 2011: EDCTP hails the contribution of women to its clinical trial projects

Published on 8 March 2011 in 'Announcements, Press Releases'

The European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) celebrates the 100th International Women’s Day by honouring the contribution of women, in all capacities in the fight against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Many projects ...

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G-FINDER 2010 shows change of focus on R&D funding

Published on 7 March 2011 in 'Announcements'

The third annual G-FINDER survey, the most comprehensive report to date on public and private funding into research and development (R&D) for neglected diseases, was published on 16 February. The 2010 survey reports both good and bad news on global i...

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TB drug candidate SQ109 in the top five most promising Q1 drugs entering phase II trials

Published on 23 February 2011 in 'Announcements'

Thomson Reuters reports on most promising drugs changing clinical phase in the first quarter of 2011. The SQ109, a novel anti-TB drug candidate that could shorten and simplify the tuberculosis (TB) treatment regimen, has been listed in the top five o...

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