We are faced with a global pandemic of tuberculosis and new tools to control this disease are needed urgently. We believe that new and old optimized drugs are central to any control strategy and the fastest route to tuberculosis elimination.
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General Assembly teleconference December
In the quarterly teleconference on 10 December 2018 the PanACEA partners assembled to discuss the progress of the projects program. We looked back to 2018 as a year in which we ended our first trial. We are ready to start 2019, when our other trials are scheduled to start. The General Assembly meets again, face…
Executive Group F2F meeting
The Union World Conference served as a good occasion several PanACEA get togethers. On the 25th of October the Executive Group came together to discuss the completion of the HR1 trial and the preparations for the upcoming trials. The TBA was also invited to prepare for the SimpliciTB trial for which EDCTP favourably evaluated a grant application…
The 49th Union World Conference on Lung Health
One of the yearly highlights in TB research is the Union World Conference. The 49th edition was hosted by the city of The Hague and the KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation from 24th until 27th of October 2018. This gathering of clinicians, public health workers, policy makers, researchers and advocates serves as an unique platform for a global public health…
11th International Workshop on Pharmacology of Tuberculosis Drugs
The 11th International Workshop on Pharmacology on Tuberculosis Drugs was held in The Hague on 23rd of October 2018 during the week of the Union World Conference. At this premier TB pharmacology meeting leading experts presented and discussed the latest findings in the TB research. PanACEA was well represented by a delegation existing of Rob Aarnoutse (Radboudumc),…
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Visits Tanzania, Uganda and Gabon
In the beginning of October the PanACEA Coordinator Martin Boeree travelled to Tanzania, Uganda and Gabon to continue the last site assessments of 2018, accompanied by lab coordinator Lavinia Rodney and project managers Lindsey te Brake and Rutger Spoor. We were happy to see the study teams of IHI, NIMR MMRC, KCRI (Tanzania), MML (Uganda)…