Funding cuts and shifting budgetary priorities threaten tuberculosis gains By Coco Jervis The United States is losing ground in its fight against the tuberculosis (TB) epidemic within its own borders. Sequestration and shifting priorities of Congress and the Obama administration…
The Domestic Issue: We're at a stalemate. This issue of TAGline underscores TAG’s commitment to ending AIDS in the United States and realizing the goals of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy.
The World Health Organization, the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, the Stop TB Partnership and other partners will launch a roadmap outlining the path towards zero deaths from childhood tuberculosis.
Cost to end deaths from childhood TB estimated to be at least US$120 million annually WASHINGTON D.C. | October 1, 2013 -- The deaths of more than 74 000 children from tuberculosis (TB) could be prevented each year through measures outlined…
Treatment Action Group (TAG) is disappointed by the failure of the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to recommend marketing approval for delamanid, a new drug in development for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB).
Drugs, Diagnostics, Vaccines, Preventive Technologies, Research Toward a Cure, and Immune-Based and Gene Therapies in Development: Written by Polly Clayden, Simon Collins, Colleen Daniels, Mike Frick, Mark Harrington, Tim Horn, Richard Jefferys, Karyn Kaplan, Erica Lessem, and Tracy Swan
What Is Tuberculosis (TB)? Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) is a type of bacterium (sometimes called a bug) that, for thousands of years, has caused TB disease (called consumption in the past). TB remains a major, if often unnoticed, problem today. TB…
On January 18, 2013, in Washington, D.C., TAG held a consultation on the domestic TB drug shortage crisis. The meeting was cosponsored by PATH, RESULTS, the Center for Global Health Policy, and the American Thoracic Society.
Simultaneous, not sequential, evaluations of novel drug regimens needed to speed TB treatment research By Lindsay McKenna An example of a multi-arm multi-stage (MAMS) phase II trial design. At the first interim analysis, novel regimen 2 is considered to lack…
Rifapentine’s manufacturer helps to advance TB research while stalling access By Erica Lessem Sanofi-Aventis, manufacturer of the tuberculosis (TB) drug rifapentine (Priftin), can be credited for aiding research efforts to shorten and simplify treatment dosing for TB. However, the company’s…