EDCTP Stakeholder meeting on tuberculosis and other mycobacterial infections: proceedings available online
Today, the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) published the report of its Stakeholder meeting on tuberculosis and other mycobacterial infections. The meeting was held in Paris, France, on 28 and 29 October 2013, as part of the preparations for the second EDCTP programme. The stakeholder meeting was co-hosted by the Institute of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases/Aviesan and the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research.
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The two-day meeting was attended by 107 invited participants, including researchers from academia, representatives of product development partnerships and the pharmaceutical industry, policy makers, funding agencies and other likeminded organisations.
The recommendations from the stakeholder meeting on tuberculosis and other mycobacterial infections will contribute towards the EDCTP strategic and operational business plan.
The EDCTP Stakeholder Meeting on tuberculosis and other mycobacterial infections is part of a series of thematic stakeholder meetings planned to contribute to the shaping of strategy and funding approach of the second EDCTP programme. EDCTP organised meetings on neglected infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, as well as on Research Ethics Review and Regulatory Affairs. A stakeholder meeting on Capacity Development will take place in Berlin on 3 July 2014.