Statement of Mark Harrington, Executive Director, Treatment Action Group to the FDA Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory Committee (AIDAC) Hearing on the Use of Bedaquiline (TMC207) for Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant (MDR) Tuberculosis (TB)
On November 13 at the 2012 International Union Against TB and Lung Disease World Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Treatment Action Group (TAG), the Stop TB Partnership, the Sentinel Project on Pediatric Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Partners In Health (PIH), and the…
For the seventh year, Treatment Action Group (TAG) and the Stop TB Partnership have published the latest investment data on the state of global tuberculosis (TB) research and development (R&D) funding.
Now in its seventh year, the Treatment Action Group (TAG) publishes the latest investment data and analysis on the state of global tuberculosis (TB) research and development (R&D) funding.
By Coco Jervis After months of political wrangling, in early July 2012, an agreement to reduce the price of the GeneXpert MTB/RIF rapid test for tuberculosis (TB) was reached between the manufacturer, Cepheid, and pooled purchasers UNITAID, the U.S. President's Emergency…
By Colleen Daniels Tuberculosis (TB), a 40,000-year-old disease, still devastates communities although it has been preventable—and curable—for decades. In 2010, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported 8.8 million TB cases—1.4 million of them fatal—worldwide. TB is the leading cause of…
By Erica Lessem This summer, Treatment Action Group (TAG) and its partners in fighting tuberculosis (TB) issued a call for zero TB deaths, zero new TB infections, and zero suffering from TB. Yet the U.S., long a leader in TB…
TAG at 20 – Part II: On a Darkling Plain—The Years of Despair; Only Stronger U.S. Leadership Can End the AIDS Epidemic; Cure-Related Research at AIDS 2012; The Future of TB in the United States: Going, or Growing?; Getting to Zero—Join the Movement!; GeneXpert Rapid TB Test Price Reduced in Historic Agreement
In 2012, the Fulbright Association presented its J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF); the first time this was awarded to an organization, not an individual. Treatment Action Group’s executive director, Mark Harrington, delivered this…
Treatment Action Group (TAG) and the European AIDS Treatment Group (EATG) welcome the announcement that a deal has been reached among PEPFAR, USAID, UNITAID, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to reduce the price of the GeneXpert MTB/RIF rapid test for tuberculosis (TB).