We are faced with a global pandemic of tuberculosis and new tools to control this disease are needed urgently. We believe that new drugs are central to any control strategy and the fastest route to tuberculosis elimination.
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Executive Group Meets Face-to-Face in Amsterdam
As preparation for the teleconference that the PanACEA General Assembly will hold in June, the project’s Executive Group met in Amsterdam to discuss its plans, and upcoming deliverables and milestones on May 12th, 2017. The Executive Group met with representatives from Tanzania, South Africa, the UK, Germany, and the Netherlands. Collaborations, publications, and capacity development…
PanACEA II meets in Cape Town
On 7 and 8 March 2017, the PanACEA consortium had their kick-off meeting in the sunny Cape Town in South Africa. A staggering number of 73 people attended the first day of the meeting. Important topics were the trials in the first two work packages, and PanACEA’s governance. Furthermore, time was set out for several partners…
16.5 Million Euro for PanACEA II
PanACEA II has been granted 16.5 million euro in their drug development programme to shorten and simplify treatment of tuberculosis. On February 24th 2017, the coordinating team from Radboudumc Nijmegen, Martin Boeree and Rob Aarnoutse, have signed the PanACEA Grant Agreement with Radboudumc’s chairman of the board of directors, Leon van Halder. On February 27th,…
PanACEA in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
On October 26th, 2016 The Lancet Infectious Diseases published the most recent findings from the multi-arm, multi stage tuberculosis (MAMS-TB) trial of the PanACEA consortium. The MAMS-TB trial investigated four new potential regimens for the treatment of tuberculosis. Trial results show that the highest rifampicin dose tested (35 mg/kg) is safe and reduces the time…
First Session PanACEA II in Liverpool
The preparations for PanACEA II have been in full swing with a meeting of a large part of the consortium in Liverpool. On October 26th 2016, the international group of partners met again to share thoughts and ideas about the continuation of PanACEA. Several presentations were held, results were shared and organisational issues were discussed.…