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EDCTP to hold workshop with pharmaceutical companies on 26 June 2012
The European and Developing Countries Partnership (EDCTP) has invited more than 20 pharmaceutical companies to a workshop on the possibilities of intensifying future collaboration. The…
Winner of EDCTP photo contest
The First EDCTP photo contest closed on 16 April 2012. The total number of participants was 21 who submitted a total of 75 photos. EDCTP…
RHInnO Ethics: an online review platform for research ethics committees
Today, the MARC project – Mapping of research ethics review and trial regulatory capacity in sub-Saharan Africa – launched an online review platform for Research…
World TB Day 2012: Strengthening tuberculosis research in Africa
On the occasion of World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, 24 March 2012, the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) has published a short video…
Sixth EDCTP Forum: Proceedings and video available online
EDCTP published today the Proceedings of the Sixth EDCTP Forum as well as a short video on the event. The biennial Forum brings together EDCTP…
First national health research agenda in Malawi
The first Malawi National Health Research Agenda (NHRA) will be presented in Lilongwe, Malawi, today Friday 24 February 2012. The NHRA describes the national priorities…
‘PanACEA: a new approach to tuberculosis research’ in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
The Lancet infectious Diseases published a news article on the EDCTP-funded PanACEA consortium and its new approach to tuberculosis treatment research. The article is online…
NIAID expands TB vaccine candidate AERAS-402/Crucell Ad35 clinical trial
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) joins the TB vaccine candidate AERAS-402/Crucell…
Simplified artesunate regimen found efficacious in treating children with severe malaria
A shorter anti-malaria treatment is as effective in treating seriously ill children as the standard longer regimen. The EDCTP-funded SMAC phase II studies, coordinated by…
New call for proposals: EDCTP Strategic Primer grants
This grant will provide funding for research groups in sub-Saharan Africa and Europe to conduct innovative, ambitious studies that will generate results to inform future…
WHO ‘rainbow tables’ on malaria vaccine projects updated
The World Health Organisation – Initiative for Vaccine Research (IVR) has published an update of its malaria ‘rainbow’ tables, an overview of malaria vaccine projects…
EC Director General for Research and Innovation visits EDCTP trial site and Cape Town office
Robert-Jan Smits, EC Director General for Research and Innovation, visited an EDCTP clinical trial site and EDCTP’s Africa Office in Cape Town yesterday 10 November…
ANDI: Fourth stakeholder meeting, 26-27 October 2011
The African Network for Drugs and Diagnostics Innovation (ANDI) held its Fourth Stakeholder Meeting and Donor Conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 24 to 27…
Abdoulie Barry new EDCTP Director of Finance and Administration
EDCTP welcomed its new Director of Finance and Administration early September. Mr. Abdoulie Barry (The Gambia) joined the management team of the organisation and will…
PACTR launches online interactive map of clinical trials in Africa
The Pan African Clinical Trials Registry (PACTR) officially launched a Global Information Systems (GIS) mapping component to its database yesterday. The fully interactive map provides…