January 31, 2015 — To encourage more equitable access to new and repurposed TB drugs, TAG signed on to letters of support for the inclusion of rifapentine, bedaquiline, delamanid, and linezolid on the WHO’s Model List of Essential Medicines. The 20th Expert Committee on the Selection and Use of Essential Medicines will review drug applications and public comments in April 2015.
Letters to Include Four TB Drugs on WHO’s Model List of Essential Medicines