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21 Sep 2014
We invite you to join us for the Stop TB Partnership Working Group on New Drugs’ Annual Meeting 2014 at AC Hotel Barcelona Forum , Barcelona, Spain, on Wednesday, Oct. 29th from 15:00 to 19:00. This meeting is held before the 45th Union World Conference on Lung Health (The Union). During the...
8 Sep 2014
Moxifloxacin Results of the Phase III REMoxTB clinical trial were published in the New England Journal of Medicine on September 7th, 2014. REMox or Rapid Evaluation of Moxifloxacin in Tuberculosis (REMoxTB) was a trial designed to determine whether replacement of either ethambutol or isoniazid with...
24 Oct 2013
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...
5 Sep 2013
You are invited to join us for the Stop TB Partnership Working Group on New Drugs’ Annual Meeting 2013 at Le Méridien Etoile in Paris, France, on Oct. 29th from 15:00 to 19:00. This meeting is held before the 44th Union World Conference on Lung Health (The Union). During the meeting we will review...
27 Aug 2013
Image Courtesy of Expert Medical Education This interactive workshop is held in conjunction with the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC). The workshop is intended to provide clinicians, researchers, students and representatives from regulatory non-government...
23 Jun 2013
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...
15 Apr 2013
MSF Scientific Day 2013 will be streamed live online from the Royal Society of Medicine, London, UK, from 09.00am – 06.00pm (GMT+1) on 10 th May 2013 http://www.msf.org.uk/Scientific_Day.aspx MSF Scientific Day is a unique opportunity to showcase medical and scientific research carried out in MSF...
19 Mar 2013
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...
26 Nov 2012
The week of November 12th was exciting with the 43rd Union World Conference, the WGND Annual Meeting (will be posting presentations soon), and the Stop TB Coordinating Board Meeting. Below are some news highlights and a listing of webcasts of interesting and presentations relevant for TB drug...
28 Aug 2012
On September 5 and 6, 2012, the “Demystifying Pyrazinamide – Challenges and Opportunities” Workshop will be held at Johns Hopkins University and is sponsored by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Johns Hopkins University Center for AIDS...
14 Aug 2012
We invite you to join us for the Stop TB Partnership Working Group on New Drugs’ 2012 Annual Meeting at the Impiana KLCC Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Wednesday, November 14. Also, we are sponsoring a lunch to allow the Sub-groups (Biology/Targets, Candidates, Critical Knowledge and Tools, and...
30 Apr 2012
World TB Day Congressional Briefing Tuberculosis – We Can Beat this Global Killer Wednesday, March 21, 2012 A briefing and update on tuberculosis (TB), a disease that is curable but still takes the lives of 4,000 people each day and is the number one killer of people living with HIV. Special areas...
30 Apr 2012
The latest news from the Stop TB Partnership. You may also download a .pdf version by clicking here . WORLD TB DAY NEWS Childhood tuberculosis neglected, despite available remedies TB often goes undiagnosed in children because they lack access to care, or because health workers don’t recognize the...
26 Mar 2012
The 243rd American Chemistry Society National Meeting and Exposition is being held in San Diego, California, from March 26 to March 29. There are several presentations on tuberculosis. Here are the abstracts of a few of the talks. The first item received news coverage and discusses two approved...
23 Mar 2012
Announcing the InnovateTB contest! Innovations are revolutionizing TB. Tell us your story! On World TB Day, the Stop TB Partnership Working Group on New TB Drugs (WGND) announces the InnovateTB Contest to encourage and highlight innovations to achieve zero deaths from TB in this generation. We are...

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