Malaria in pregnancy preventive treatment trial completes recruitment of women

Published on 3 February 2012 in 'Press Releases'

A major milestone in the Malaria in Pregnancy (MiP) field was reached as one of the EDCTP-funded MiP studies completed recruitment. By January 2012, the study had enrolled a total of 4,734 pregnant women in January 2012, after screening 17,947 women ...

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REMox TB treatment trial completes enrolment

Published on 1 February 2012 in 'Press Releases'

TB Alliance announced today that the enrolment of volunteers in the global REMox TB clinical trial has been completed in January 2012. This is a momentous step forward in the study which aims to establish the efficacy of a possible new drug against t...

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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...

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World AIDS Day – 1 December 2011: EDCTP-funded research towards prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS

Published on 1 December 2011 in 'Press Releases'

Every year, World AIDS Day provides an opportunity to raise awareness of the HIV-epidemic and report on global efforts to alleviate the burden of this infection. Recent reports showed a decrease in the number of deaths from AIDS-related illness and n...

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Three new antimalarials found safe and efficacious in treating children with uncomplicated malaria

Published on 9 November 2011 in 'Press Releases'

The results of a large study comparing safety and efficacy of four new artemisinin-based therapy drugs have been published in PLoS Medicine on 8 November 2011. This EDCTP funded study was successfully conducted in seven sub-Saharan African countries ...

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