News

20 December 2011

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…

11 December 2011

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…

01 December 2011

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…

11 November 2011

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…

10 November 2011

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…

25 September 2011

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…

23 August 2011

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…

14 August 2011

EDCTP launches new calls for proposals

The European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) welcomes project proposals as a response to the following calls: Senior Fellowships Available funds: € 1,200,000…

14 August 2011

EDCTP launches new calls for proposals

The European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) welcomes project proposals as a response to the following calls: Senior Fellowships Available funds: € 1,200,000…

14 August 2011

EDCTP launches new calls for proposals

The European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) welcomes project proposals as a response to the following calls: Senior Fellowships Available funds: € 1,200,000…

10 August 2011

TB vaccine MVA85A trial: first volunteers enrolled in Senegal

Since 4 August 2011 volunteers are being enrolled in the Senegal site of the candidate TB vaccine MVA85A clinical trial. This study is conducted in…

07 August 2011

Malaria Vaccine GMZ2: promising results phase Ib trial in young Gabonese children published

The candidate malaria vaccine GMZ2 proved to be safe, immunogenic and well tolerated in one to five year old Gabonese children. This is the conclusion…

31 July 2011

Pauline Beattie new EDCTP Operations Manager

Today, EDCTP welcomes a new Operations Manager. Dr Pauline Beattie (United Kingdom) joins the management team of the organisation and will head the Calls &…

04 July 2011

EDCTP Annual Report 2010 now available online

EDCTP is pleased to announce the release of its 2010 annual report. 2010 was a year of established projects coming to fruition and the start…

28 May 2011

TB diagnostics: all studies recruiting patients now

As of today, all three EDCTP-funded clinical trials to evaluate new or improved methods of diagnosing tuberculosis are recruiting patients. In Tanzania the TB Child…