In the lead up to World TB Day, the Critical Path to TB Drug Regimens sponsored Cure All, a briefing on the most promising new TB drug research. Held at the Kaiser Family Foundation, the event featured a panel of senior representatives from a number of US government organizations, as well an announcement of a
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TB Alliance Launches First Clinical Trial of a Novel TB Drug Regimen
In advance of the 41st Union World Conference, the Global Alliance for TB Drug Development (TB Alliance) today announced the launch of the first clinical trial to test a novel tuberculosis regimen in a new development paradigm designed to speed new treatments to patients. This novel three-drug combination shows promise to treat both drug-sensitive (DS-TB) and multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB), and alter the course of the TB pandemic by shortening and simplifying treatment worldwide.
According to a paper published today in The Lancet, there is unprecedented progress in the development of the global tuberculosis (TB) drug pipeline with 10 drug candidates currently in clinical development. The paper was written by a team of renowned international experts led by Zhenkun Ma, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer for the TB Alliance, a not-for-profit organization accelerating the discovery and development of new TB drugs.