2016 WGND Annual Meeting

October 26, 2016 | Liverpool, U.K.
Overview

The 2016 WGND Annual Meeting and Reception, in conjunction with The 47th Union World Conference on Lung Health, took place on Wednesday, October 26th from 14:30 to 18:30 (address below). 

Jury's Inn Liverpool
Suite 3 & 4
31 Keel Wharf
Liverpool, L3 4FN, U.K. 

Speakers
Melvin Spigelman
TB Alliance, WGND
Cherise Scott
TB Alliance, WGND
Barbara Laughon
NIH/NIAID, WGND
Albert Makone
WGND Community Representative
Andrew Nunn
Clinical Trials Unit, MRC
Tine DeMarez
Janssen
Carl Mendel
TB Alliance
Kiyean Nam
Qurient
Rajesh Gupta
Otsuka
Susan Swindells
AIDS Clinical Trials Group
Andrew Vernon
TB Trials Consortium (CDC)
David Barros
GSK
Michael Hoelscher
EDCTP/University of Munich
Martin Boeree
Pan-African Consortium for Evaluation of Anti-TB Antibiotics (PanACEA)
Zaid Tanvir
TB Alliance, WGND
Meeting Recap

During the meeting, the Working Group provided an overview of the most recent advances in the Global TB Drug Pipeline, the research components of the Global Plan 2016-2020, and updates from Janssen, Otsuka, ACTG, TB Trials Consortium (CDC), GSK, TB Alliance, EDCTP, PanACEA as well as others. Participants attended a net-working reception immediately following the meeting. 

  • Agenda
    Welcome
    Melvin Spigelman
    WGND Updates
    Cherise Scott
    https://www.newtbdrugs.org/sites/default/files/meetings/files/02_WGND_CScott_2016.pptx
    TB Drug Development Year-in-Review
    https://www.newtbdrugs.org/sites/default/files/meetings/files/01_Laughon%202016%20TB%20Drug%20Development%20Year%20in%20Review.pptx
    WGND Community Representative Updates
    Albert Makone
    https://www.newtbdrugs.org/sites/default/files/meetings/files/03_WGND%202016_Makone.pptx
    Clinical Trials Unit, MRC
    Andrew Nunn
    https://www.newtbdrugs.org/sites/default/files/meetings/files/04_Andrew%20Nunn_%20MRC%20CTU%20WGND%20Oct%2026th%202016%20revised.pptx
    Janssen
    Tine DeMarez
    https://www.newtbdrugs.org/sites/default/files/meetings/files/WGND26Oct2016.pdf
    TB Alliance
    Carl Mendel
    https://www.newtbdrugs.org/sites/default/files/meetings/files/06_TB%20Alliance_WGNDOct2016.pptx
    Qurient
    Kiyean Nam
    Otsuka
    Rajesh Gupta
    https://www.newtbdrugs.org/sites/default/files/meetings/files/08_Otsuka%20Update%20for%20WGND%20meeting%20Oct%202016%20FINAL.pdf
    AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG)
    Susan Swindells
    https://www.newtbdrugs.org/sites/default/files/meetings/files/09_Swindells%20TB%20TSG%20Summary%20Liverpool%202016%20edited.pptx
    TB Trials Consortium
    Andrew Vernon
    GSK
    David Barros
    https://www.newtbdrugs.org/sites/default/files/meetings/files/11_GSK%20portfolio%20update%20-%20Union%20%20%20Conference_final.pptx
    University of Munich / EDCTP
    Michael Hoelscher
    PanACEA
    Martin Boeree
    New Website Debut
    Zaid Tanvir