TAG presented an analysis at the 50th Union World Conference on Lung Health, which found that that total public expenditures on the development of bedaquiline, an important medicine for drug-resistant tuberculosis, far exceed those of Johnson & Johnson, the originator company.
Civil society and community-based organizations issued this statement welcoming the availability of lower-priced rifapentine, which is an essential medicine for preventing TB.
Letter from Organizations and Individuals to Cepheid asking them to reduce the price of Xpert MTB/RIF and Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra cartridges to US $5, inclusive of service and maintenance.
This is a joint statement from TAG and Health GAP October 16, 2019 – Although Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s bill to increase affordable access to medicines in the U.S., H.R. 3, offers halting, partial steps to reduce drug prices for some…
July 2012 By Colleen Daniels and Coco Jervis Introduction Accurate tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis has the potential to be the cornerstone of all global TB control efforts. However, the poor accuracy of the most commonly used test, sputum smear microscopy, and…
Access to quality diagnosis, treatment, and prevention for tuberculosis (TB) is a human right. Are the necessary tests, treatments, vaccines, services and policies available where you live or work? This new checklist from Treatment Action Group (TAG) lays out simply…
TAG's annual Report on Tuberculosis Research Funding Trends tracks how much public, private, philanthropic, and multilateral institutions spend on TB research and development (R&D) across six areas of research: basic science, diagnostics, drugs vaccines, operational research, and infrastructure/unspecified projects. The…
Pipeline Report provides an overview of research and provides an overview of research and development of innovations for diagnosing, preventing, treating, and curing HIV, hepatitis C virus (HCV), and tuberculosis (TB).
August 27, 2019 – This policy brief was developed by TAG and the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF), and it details how children with TB are affected by the pediatric research exemption for orphan drugs. The brief also proposes…
Treatment Action Group (TAG) welcomes a report released last week by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that highlights urgent gaps in pediatric research. This report confirms that we are missing critical information necessary to treat children affected by orphan diseases.