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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 &…
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…
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…