The Medicines Patent Pool Publishes Intellectual Property Status Of 18 Drugs Added To WHO Essential Medicines List 03/10/2019 Press release [The Medicines Patent Pool] Geneva (2 October 2019) — The Medicines Patent Pool today announced the first of a two-step update of its database MedsPaL to include additional patented small molecule medicines following the publication of the World Health Organization (WHO)’s updated Model List of Essential Medicines (EML) in July. Launched in 2016, MedsPaL is […] Continue reading -> Europe’s Gastein Forum: ‘Healthy Disruption’ To Tackle Inequalities, Promote Well-Being 29/09/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The 2019 European Health Forum (Gastein) opens Wednesday under this year’s theme: “A Healthy Dose of Disruption.” The three-day Forum will explore ways in which Europe can transform health systems into levers of good health and well-being, guided by the aspirations of the recent UN declaration on Universal Health Coverage. Since its foundation in 1998, […] Continue reading -> Antimicrobial Resistance Rising Fast In Livestock of Developing World 27/09/2019 Grace Ren Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is emerging fast in livestock in the developing world, with northeast India and northern China among the most worrisome “hotspots”, says a first-ever study mapping AMR in low and middle-income countries, published this week in Science. Parts of Turkey, Kenya, Brazil, Egypt, Vietnam and South Africa were also noted as areas of high […] Continue reading -> Universal Health Coverage Requires More Policy-Relevant Research 26/09/2019 Grace Ren NEW YORK CITY – Evidence-based decision-making and tapping into local potential are keys to achieving the goals set in the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) declaration, said a panel convened today on the sidelines of the 74th United Nations General Assembly. The Government of Georgia, whose Permanent Mission to the UN co-sponsored the panel, helped lead […] Continue reading -> Building the Back End of Health Care Finance & Access 24/09/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher If Fernando Arnaiz of Roche Pharmaceuticals had his way, the power of Kenyan mobile phone banking might soon be harnessed to health insurance schemes to finance treatment for cancer and other noncommunicable (NCDs) diseases, treatments accessible to only a tiny proportion of people in Africa today. Arnaiz is part of a unique team at Roche […] Continue reading -> Over Half of New Cancer Drugs Approved Based On Potentially Biased Evidence, New Study Finds 19/09/2019 Grace Ren NEW YORK – Over half of new cancer drug approvals granted by European authorities between 2014-2016 may have been made based on evidence from biased clinical trials, according to a new study published in The BMJ. The study, led by Dr. Christopher Booth, professor of oncology from Queens University Cancer Research Institute, raises serious questions […] Continue reading -> More Women And Children Survive Today Than Ever Before, But Inequalities Persist 19/09/2019 Editorial team [WHO/UNICEF] Despite progress, a pregnant woman or newborn dies somewhere in the world every 11 seconds More women and their children are surviving today than ever before, according to new child and maternal mortality estimates released today by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO). Since the year 2000, child deaths have reduced by nearly half […] Continue reading -> Belgium’s Hans Kluge Nominated As WHO European Regional Director 17/09/2019 Editorial team Hans Kluge, director of Health Systems and Public Health in WHO’s European Regional Office, has been nominated to become WHO/Europe’s next Regional Director (RD). Kluge, proposed by Belgium, was selected Tuesday by WHO’s 53 European member states out of a field of six candidates in a secret ballot during the WHO Regional Committee for Europe […] Continue reading -> Malaria Eradication Feasible by 2050, Says New Lancet Report 09/09/2019 Grace Ren A new Lancet Commission report calls for health policy leaders to agree upon an ambitious global plan to eradicate of malaria by 2050 – contrasting with a World Health Organization report released in August that concluded it was too early to set a target date for eradication. The report Malaria eradication within a generation: ambitious, […] Continue reading -> FDA Approves New Treatment For Drug-Resistant TB; Activists Call For Affordable Access 19/08/2019 Grace Ren The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week approved a tuberculosis (TB) treatment regimen containing a new drug, pretomanid, offering a shorter, more effective course of treatment for highly drug-resistant strains of TB, the world’s leading cause of death by infectious disease. Pretomanid is only the third TB drug to be approved in over […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. 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Europe’s Gastein Forum: ‘Healthy Disruption’ To Tackle Inequalities, Promote Well-Being 29/09/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The 2019 European Health Forum (Gastein) opens Wednesday under this year’s theme: “A Healthy Dose of Disruption.” The three-day Forum will explore ways in which Europe can transform health systems into levers of good health and well-being, guided by the aspirations of the recent UN declaration on Universal Health Coverage. Since its foundation in 1998, […] Continue reading -> Antimicrobial Resistance Rising Fast In Livestock of Developing World 27/09/2019 Grace Ren Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is emerging fast in livestock in the developing world, with northeast India and northern China among the most worrisome “hotspots”, says a first-ever study mapping AMR in low and middle-income countries, published this week in Science. Parts of Turkey, Kenya, Brazil, Egypt, Vietnam and South Africa were also noted as areas of high […] Continue reading -> Universal Health Coverage Requires More Policy-Relevant Research 26/09/2019 Grace Ren NEW YORK CITY – Evidence-based decision-making and tapping into local potential are keys to achieving the goals set in the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) declaration, said a panel convened today on the sidelines of the 74th United Nations General Assembly. The Government of Georgia, whose Permanent Mission to the UN co-sponsored the panel, helped lead […] Continue reading -> Building the Back End of Health Care Finance & Access 24/09/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher If Fernando Arnaiz of Roche Pharmaceuticals had his way, the power of Kenyan mobile phone banking might soon be harnessed to health insurance schemes to finance treatment for cancer and other noncommunicable (NCDs) diseases, treatments accessible to only a tiny proportion of people in Africa today. Arnaiz is part of a unique team at Roche […] Continue reading -> Over Half of New Cancer Drugs Approved Based On Potentially Biased Evidence, New Study Finds 19/09/2019 Grace Ren NEW YORK – Over half of new cancer drug approvals granted by European authorities between 2014-2016 may have been made based on evidence from biased clinical trials, according to a new study published in The BMJ. The study, led by Dr. Christopher Booth, professor of oncology from Queens University Cancer Research Institute, raises serious questions […] Continue reading -> More Women And Children Survive Today Than Ever Before, But Inequalities Persist 19/09/2019 Editorial team [WHO/UNICEF] Despite progress, a pregnant woman or newborn dies somewhere in the world every 11 seconds More women and their children are surviving today than ever before, according to new child and maternal mortality estimates released today by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO). Since the year 2000, child deaths have reduced by nearly half […] Continue reading -> Belgium’s Hans Kluge Nominated As WHO European Regional Director 17/09/2019 Editorial team Hans Kluge, director of Health Systems and Public Health in WHO’s European Regional Office, has been nominated to become WHO/Europe’s next Regional Director (RD). Kluge, proposed by Belgium, was selected Tuesday by WHO’s 53 European member states out of a field of six candidates in a secret ballot during the WHO Regional Committee for Europe […] Continue reading -> Malaria Eradication Feasible by 2050, Says New Lancet Report 09/09/2019 Grace Ren A new Lancet Commission report calls for health policy leaders to agree upon an ambitious global plan to eradicate of malaria by 2050 – contrasting with a World Health Organization report released in August that concluded it was too early to set a target date for eradication. The report Malaria eradication within a generation: ambitious, […] Continue reading -> FDA Approves New Treatment For Drug-Resistant TB; Activists Call For Affordable Access 19/08/2019 Grace Ren The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week approved a tuberculosis (TB) treatment regimen containing a new drug, pretomanid, offering a shorter, more effective course of treatment for highly drug-resistant strains of TB, the world’s leading cause of death by infectious disease. Pretomanid is only the third TB drug to be approved in over […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Antimicrobial Resistance Rising Fast In Livestock of Developing World 27/09/2019 Grace Ren Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is emerging fast in livestock in the developing world, with northeast India and northern China among the most worrisome “hotspots”, says a first-ever study mapping AMR in low and middle-income countries, published this week in Science. Parts of Turkey, Kenya, Brazil, Egypt, Vietnam and South Africa were also noted as areas of high […] Continue reading -> Universal Health Coverage Requires More Policy-Relevant Research 26/09/2019 Grace Ren NEW YORK CITY – Evidence-based decision-making and tapping into local potential are keys to achieving the goals set in the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) declaration, said a panel convened today on the sidelines of the 74th United Nations General Assembly. The Government of Georgia, whose Permanent Mission to the UN co-sponsored the panel, helped lead […] Continue reading -> Building the Back End of Health Care Finance & Access 24/09/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher If Fernando Arnaiz of Roche Pharmaceuticals had his way, the power of Kenyan mobile phone banking might soon be harnessed to health insurance schemes to finance treatment for cancer and other noncommunicable (NCDs) diseases, treatments accessible to only a tiny proportion of people in Africa today. Arnaiz is part of a unique team at Roche […] Continue reading -> Over Half of New Cancer Drugs Approved Based On Potentially Biased Evidence, New Study Finds 19/09/2019 Grace Ren NEW YORK – Over half of new cancer drug approvals granted by European authorities between 2014-2016 may have been made based on evidence from biased clinical trials, according to a new study published in The BMJ. The study, led by Dr. Christopher Booth, professor of oncology from Queens University Cancer Research Institute, raises serious questions […] Continue reading -> More Women And Children Survive Today Than Ever Before, But Inequalities Persist 19/09/2019 Editorial team [WHO/UNICEF] Despite progress, a pregnant woman or newborn dies somewhere in the world every 11 seconds More women and their children are surviving today than ever before, according to new child and maternal mortality estimates released today by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO). Since the year 2000, child deaths have reduced by nearly half […] Continue reading -> Belgium’s Hans Kluge Nominated As WHO European Regional Director 17/09/2019 Editorial team Hans Kluge, director of Health Systems and Public Health in WHO’s European Regional Office, has been nominated to become WHO/Europe’s next Regional Director (RD). Kluge, proposed by Belgium, was selected Tuesday by WHO’s 53 European member states out of a field of six candidates in a secret ballot during the WHO Regional Committee for Europe […] Continue reading -> Malaria Eradication Feasible by 2050, Says New Lancet Report 09/09/2019 Grace Ren A new Lancet Commission report calls for health policy leaders to agree upon an ambitious global plan to eradicate of malaria by 2050 – contrasting with a World Health Organization report released in August that concluded it was too early to set a target date for eradication. The report Malaria eradication within a generation: ambitious, […] Continue reading -> FDA Approves New Treatment For Drug-Resistant TB; Activists Call For Affordable Access 19/08/2019 Grace Ren The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week approved a tuberculosis (TB) treatment regimen containing a new drug, pretomanid, offering a shorter, more effective course of treatment for highly drug-resistant strains of TB, the world’s leading cause of death by infectious disease. Pretomanid is only the third TB drug to be approved in over […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Universal Health Coverage Requires More Policy-Relevant Research 26/09/2019 Grace Ren NEW YORK CITY – Evidence-based decision-making and tapping into local potential are keys to achieving the goals set in the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) declaration, said a panel convened today on the sidelines of the 74th United Nations General Assembly. The Government of Georgia, whose Permanent Mission to the UN co-sponsored the panel, helped lead […] Continue reading -> Building the Back End of Health Care Finance & Access 24/09/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher If Fernando Arnaiz of Roche Pharmaceuticals had his way, the power of Kenyan mobile phone banking might soon be harnessed to health insurance schemes to finance treatment for cancer and other noncommunicable (NCDs) diseases, treatments accessible to only a tiny proportion of people in Africa today. Arnaiz is part of a unique team at Roche […] Continue reading -> Over Half of New Cancer Drugs Approved Based On Potentially Biased Evidence, New Study Finds 19/09/2019 Grace Ren NEW YORK – Over half of new cancer drug approvals granted by European authorities between 2014-2016 may have been made based on evidence from biased clinical trials, according to a new study published in The BMJ. The study, led by Dr. Christopher Booth, professor of oncology from Queens University Cancer Research Institute, raises serious questions […] Continue reading -> More Women And Children Survive Today Than Ever Before, But Inequalities Persist 19/09/2019 Editorial team [WHO/UNICEF] Despite progress, a pregnant woman or newborn dies somewhere in the world every 11 seconds More women and their children are surviving today than ever before, according to new child and maternal mortality estimates released today by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO). Since the year 2000, child deaths have reduced by nearly half […] Continue reading -> Belgium’s Hans Kluge Nominated As WHO European Regional Director 17/09/2019 Editorial team Hans Kluge, director of Health Systems and Public Health in WHO’s European Regional Office, has been nominated to become WHO/Europe’s next Regional Director (RD). Kluge, proposed by Belgium, was selected Tuesday by WHO’s 53 European member states out of a field of six candidates in a secret ballot during the WHO Regional Committee for Europe […] Continue reading -> Malaria Eradication Feasible by 2050, Says New Lancet Report 09/09/2019 Grace Ren A new Lancet Commission report calls for health policy leaders to agree upon an ambitious global plan to eradicate of malaria by 2050 – contrasting with a World Health Organization report released in August that concluded it was too early to set a target date for eradication. The report Malaria eradication within a generation: ambitious, […] Continue reading -> FDA Approves New Treatment For Drug-Resistant TB; Activists Call For Affordable Access 19/08/2019 Grace Ren The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week approved a tuberculosis (TB) treatment regimen containing a new drug, pretomanid, offering a shorter, more effective course of treatment for highly drug-resistant strains of TB, the world’s leading cause of death by infectious disease. Pretomanid is only the third TB drug to be approved in over […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Building the Back End of Health Care Finance & Access 24/09/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher If Fernando Arnaiz of Roche Pharmaceuticals had his way, the power of Kenyan mobile phone banking might soon be harnessed to health insurance schemes to finance treatment for cancer and other noncommunicable (NCDs) diseases, treatments accessible to only a tiny proportion of people in Africa today. Arnaiz is part of a unique team at Roche […] Continue reading -> Over Half of New Cancer Drugs Approved Based On Potentially Biased Evidence, New Study Finds 19/09/2019 Grace Ren NEW YORK – Over half of new cancer drug approvals granted by European authorities between 2014-2016 may have been made based on evidence from biased clinical trials, according to a new study published in The BMJ. The study, led by Dr. Christopher Booth, professor of oncology from Queens University Cancer Research Institute, raises serious questions […] Continue reading -> More Women And Children Survive Today Than Ever Before, But Inequalities Persist 19/09/2019 Editorial team [WHO/UNICEF] Despite progress, a pregnant woman or newborn dies somewhere in the world every 11 seconds More women and their children are surviving today than ever before, according to new child and maternal mortality estimates released today by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO). Since the year 2000, child deaths have reduced by nearly half […] Continue reading -> Belgium’s Hans Kluge Nominated As WHO European Regional Director 17/09/2019 Editorial team Hans Kluge, director of Health Systems and Public Health in WHO’s European Regional Office, has been nominated to become WHO/Europe’s next Regional Director (RD). Kluge, proposed by Belgium, was selected Tuesday by WHO’s 53 European member states out of a field of six candidates in a secret ballot during the WHO Regional Committee for Europe […] Continue reading -> Malaria Eradication Feasible by 2050, Says New Lancet Report 09/09/2019 Grace Ren A new Lancet Commission report calls for health policy leaders to agree upon an ambitious global plan to eradicate of malaria by 2050 – contrasting with a World Health Organization report released in August that concluded it was too early to set a target date for eradication. The report Malaria eradication within a generation: ambitious, […] Continue reading -> FDA Approves New Treatment For Drug-Resistant TB; Activists Call For Affordable Access 19/08/2019 Grace Ren The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week approved a tuberculosis (TB) treatment regimen containing a new drug, pretomanid, offering a shorter, more effective course of treatment for highly drug-resistant strains of TB, the world’s leading cause of death by infectious disease. Pretomanid is only the third TB drug to be approved in over […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Over Half of New Cancer Drugs Approved Based On Potentially Biased Evidence, New Study Finds 19/09/2019 Grace Ren NEW YORK – Over half of new cancer drug approvals granted by European authorities between 2014-2016 may have been made based on evidence from biased clinical trials, according to a new study published in The BMJ. The study, led by Dr. Christopher Booth, professor of oncology from Queens University Cancer Research Institute, raises serious questions […] Continue reading -> More Women And Children Survive Today Than Ever Before, But Inequalities Persist 19/09/2019 Editorial team [WHO/UNICEF] Despite progress, a pregnant woman or newborn dies somewhere in the world every 11 seconds More women and their children are surviving today than ever before, according to new child and maternal mortality estimates released today by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO). Since the year 2000, child deaths have reduced by nearly half […] Continue reading -> Belgium’s Hans Kluge Nominated As WHO European Regional Director 17/09/2019 Editorial team Hans Kluge, director of Health Systems and Public Health in WHO’s European Regional Office, has been nominated to become WHO/Europe’s next Regional Director (RD). Kluge, proposed by Belgium, was selected Tuesday by WHO’s 53 European member states out of a field of six candidates in a secret ballot during the WHO Regional Committee for Europe […] Continue reading -> Malaria Eradication Feasible by 2050, Says New Lancet Report 09/09/2019 Grace Ren A new Lancet Commission report calls for health policy leaders to agree upon an ambitious global plan to eradicate of malaria by 2050 – contrasting with a World Health Organization report released in August that concluded it was too early to set a target date for eradication. The report Malaria eradication within a generation: ambitious, […] Continue reading -> FDA Approves New Treatment For Drug-Resistant TB; Activists Call For Affordable Access 19/08/2019 Grace Ren The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week approved a tuberculosis (TB) treatment regimen containing a new drug, pretomanid, offering a shorter, more effective course of treatment for highly drug-resistant strains of TB, the world’s leading cause of death by infectious disease. Pretomanid is only the third TB drug to be approved in over […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
More Women And Children Survive Today Than Ever Before, But Inequalities Persist 19/09/2019 Editorial team [WHO/UNICEF] Despite progress, a pregnant woman or newborn dies somewhere in the world every 11 seconds More women and their children are surviving today than ever before, according to new child and maternal mortality estimates released today by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO). Since the year 2000, child deaths have reduced by nearly half […] Continue reading -> Belgium’s Hans Kluge Nominated As WHO European Regional Director 17/09/2019 Editorial team Hans Kluge, director of Health Systems and Public Health in WHO’s European Regional Office, has been nominated to become WHO/Europe’s next Regional Director (RD). Kluge, proposed by Belgium, was selected Tuesday by WHO’s 53 European member states out of a field of six candidates in a secret ballot during the WHO Regional Committee for Europe […] Continue reading -> Malaria Eradication Feasible by 2050, Says New Lancet Report 09/09/2019 Grace Ren A new Lancet Commission report calls for health policy leaders to agree upon an ambitious global plan to eradicate of malaria by 2050 – contrasting with a World Health Organization report released in August that concluded it was too early to set a target date for eradication. The report Malaria eradication within a generation: ambitious, […] Continue reading -> FDA Approves New Treatment For Drug-Resistant TB; Activists Call For Affordable Access 19/08/2019 Grace Ren The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week approved a tuberculosis (TB) treatment regimen containing a new drug, pretomanid, offering a shorter, more effective course of treatment for highly drug-resistant strains of TB, the world’s leading cause of death by infectious disease. Pretomanid is only the third TB drug to be approved in over […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Belgium’s Hans Kluge Nominated As WHO European Regional Director 17/09/2019 Editorial team Hans Kluge, director of Health Systems and Public Health in WHO’s European Regional Office, has been nominated to become WHO/Europe’s next Regional Director (RD). Kluge, proposed by Belgium, was selected Tuesday by WHO’s 53 European member states out of a field of six candidates in a secret ballot during the WHO Regional Committee for Europe […] Continue reading -> Malaria Eradication Feasible by 2050, Says New Lancet Report 09/09/2019 Grace Ren A new Lancet Commission report calls for health policy leaders to agree upon an ambitious global plan to eradicate of malaria by 2050 – contrasting with a World Health Organization report released in August that concluded it was too early to set a target date for eradication. The report Malaria eradication within a generation: ambitious, […] Continue reading -> FDA Approves New Treatment For Drug-Resistant TB; Activists Call For Affordable Access 19/08/2019 Grace Ren The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week approved a tuberculosis (TB) treatment regimen containing a new drug, pretomanid, offering a shorter, more effective course of treatment for highly drug-resistant strains of TB, the world’s leading cause of death by infectious disease. Pretomanid is only the third TB drug to be approved in over […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Malaria Eradication Feasible by 2050, Says New Lancet Report 09/09/2019 Grace Ren A new Lancet Commission report calls for health policy leaders to agree upon an ambitious global plan to eradicate of malaria by 2050 – contrasting with a World Health Organization report released in August that concluded it was too early to set a target date for eradication. The report Malaria eradication within a generation: ambitious, […] Continue reading -> FDA Approves New Treatment For Drug-Resistant TB; Activists Call For Affordable Access 19/08/2019 Grace Ren The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week approved a tuberculosis (TB) treatment regimen containing a new drug, pretomanid, offering a shorter, more effective course of treatment for highly drug-resistant strains of TB, the world’s leading cause of death by infectious disease. Pretomanid is only the third TB drug to be approved in over […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
FDA Approves New Treatment For Drug-Resistant TB; Activists Call For Affordable Access 19/08/2019 Grace Ren The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week approved a tuberculosis (TB) treatment regimen containing a new drug, pretomanid, offering a shorter, more effective course of treatment for highly drug-resistant strains of TB, the world’s leading cause of death by infectious disease. Pretomanid is only the third TB drug to be approved in over […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts