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10 June 2015 – Geneva, Switzerland – The Stop TB Partnership is today launching the online consultation into the first public draft of the Global Plan to Stop TB 2016-2020. The consultation process is open to everyone to share information, ideas and experiences, and, will run from 10 June to 10...

Tuberculosis Drug Development: Towards a Critical Path for Developing New Regimes to Treat Tuberculosis Volume 211 suppl 3 June 15, 2015 Click here for access to supplement Articles: Eric Nuermberger and Debra Hanna Assessing the Landscape of Tools and Approaches for Novel Tuberculosis Regimen...

The Kick TB Campaign is a unique project that uses football (soccer), the World’s most popular sport, to educate and engage young people in the effort to stop the spread of tuberculosis. First inaugurated in South Africa during the 2010 World Cup, Kick TB has expanded to Brazil, the host country of...

Source: European Medicines Agency http://www.ema.europa.eu On 21 November 2013, the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) recommended the granting of a conditional marketing authorisation for the medicinal product Deltyba for the treatment of lung infections due to multidrug-...

Click to access report. This is the eighteenth global report on tuberculosis (TB) published by WHO in a series that started in 1997. It provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the TB epidemic and progress in implementing and financing TB prevention, care and control at global, regional...

Yesterday, the US National Public Radio posted online two insightful pieces on tuberculosis. What It Takes To Cure Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treating The ‘Body And Soul’ In A Russian TB Prison Please check it out and pass along.

Click here to access full report Source: Treatment Action Group The Tuberculosis Treatment Pipeline June 2013 Better than Ever Is Not Good Enough By Erica Lessem Introduction In December 2012, tuberculosis (TB) treatment reached a historic landmark with the first approval by a stringent regulatory...

We invite you to join us for the “Targets for Tomorrow” satellite workshop hosted by the WGND Biology/Targets Subgroup on Monday, July 22, 2013 from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Renaissance Tuscany Il Ciocco Resort , Lucca (Barga), Italy. The workshop is held in conjunction with the Gordon Conference...

From the Stop TB Parntership News: The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued interim guidance on the use of bedaquiline, a new tuberculosis drug, for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Bedaquiline was granted accelerated approval by the United States Food and Drug...

Update: Release of Part 1 of EXPOSED scheduled for the week of May 20. Contact jrosen@aeras.org if you would like to host a screening event or get more information. EXPOSED is a four-part series of short films that tell the story of the deadly global epidemic of tuberculosis. The series will...

Treatment Action Group (TAG) recently released its Spring 2013 issue of tagline, which contains three articles about TB research that might be of interest to you– 1) on rifapentine research and access , 2) on adaptive clinical trial designs , and 3) on pediatric drug development needs . The full...

The Center for Health Market Innovations (CHMI) has compiled profiles on over 1,200 programs and counting. The database categorizes programs into the following types: Organizing Delivery –Programs that reduce fragmentation and informality of health care delivery Financing Care –Programs that...

World TB Day is celebrated on March 24 and there is a lot going on during this week and next to highlight the continued problem of TB in the world and the solutions to address the problem. Below is a list of publications, news items, events, and links related to TB and World TB Day 2013. EVENTS...

Press Release from FDA can be found at http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm333695.htm . Press Release from Janssen is below. FDA Grants Accelerated Approval for SIRTURO™ (bedaquiline) as Part of Combination Therapy to Treat Adults with Pulmonary Multi-Drug Resistant...

Click here to read full report. The WHO released the Global Tuberculosis Report 2012 today. The main take home points are: In the space of 17 years, 51m people were successfully treated for TB saving 20m lives. TB rates worldwide are decreasing but the overall burden remains huge with drug-...