Cape Town, South Africa, Dec. 5, 17:30 – 20:30
We invite you to join us for the Stop TB Partnership Working Group on New Drugs’ Annual Meeting 2015 at Southern Sun Cape Sun Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa, on Saturday, Dec. 5th from 17:30 to 20:30.
This meeting is held before the 46th Union World Conference on Lung Health (The Union). During the meeting we will review and discuss progress of projects in the Global TB Drug Pipeline and Drug Discovery Portfolio, the new Global Plan, review WGND 2015 activities, and discuss other relevant topics. Representatives from pharmaceutical companies, research consortia and organizations, NGOs and academia will be participating.
2015 WGND ANNUAL MEETING
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Agenda |
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17:30 – 17:35 |
Welcome | Mel Spigelman |
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17:35 – 17:40 |
Stop TB Partnership, Global Plan | Cherise Scott |
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17:40 – 17:50 |
TB Drug Development Year-in-Review | Barbara Laughon |
| Global Pipeline Update | ||
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17:50 – 18:00 |
Janssen | Myriam Haxaire |
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18:05 – 18:15 |
Clinical Trials Unit, MRC | Andrew Nunn |
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18:20 – 18:30 |
TB Alliance | Christo van Niekerk |
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18:35 – 18:45 |
AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) | Susan Swindells |
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18:50 – 19:00 |
NIAID – Host-Directed Therapy | Richard Hafner |
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19:05 – 19:15 |
University of Munich / EDCTP/PanACEA | Michael Hoelscher & Martin Boeree |
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19:20 – 19:30 |
TB Trials Consortium (CDC) | Neil Schluger |
| Looking Forward | ||
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19:35 – 19:50 |
Discussion of STOP TB Partnership Association | Mel Spigelman, Cherise Scott, Barbara Laughon |
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19:50 – 20:30 |
Cocktail Reception | WGND Members |
Saturday, December 5th, 2015 | 17:30 – 20:30
Southern Sun Cape Sun Hotel| Cape Town, South Africa
Heavy hors d’oeuvres and drinks will be served.
Registration is free.
Please register by sending an e-mail reply to wgnd@newtbdrugs.org.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
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Best regards,
Cherise Scott, WGND Secretariat