TAG and the TB CAB send open letter to Otsuka to expedite plans to develop a pre-approval access program for delamanid for patients in urgent need, determine if delamanid is safe to use with bedaquiline, and develop the drug for pediatric use as rapidly and safely as possible.
TAG and TB CAB issue an open letter to Janssen, bedaquiline’s sponsor, about the need to accelerate pediatric research, to determine the safety of using bedaquiline and delamanid together, and to support Janssen’s compassionate use program to provide access to bedaquiline for people in urgent need in places where the drug has not yet been approved.
TAG and TB CAB send letter to FDA and to the EMA to encourage crucial regulatory harmonization on endpoints for tuberculosis drug development, and to encourage Otsuka and Janssen to conduct necessary drug-drug interaction studies on bedaquiline and delamanid.
May 24, 2012 TO: Marco Cavaleri CC: Hans-Georg Eichler European Medicines Agency 7 Westferry Circus- Canary Whar London E14 4 HB United Kingdom RE: Conducting drug-drug interaction studies for bedaquiline (TMC207) and delamanid (OPC6783) Dear Dr. Cavaleri, We wish to draw…
Research Funding Gaps Revealed Treatment Action Group has published two new reports on the crisis in national and international funding for scientific research on AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), and viral hepatitis. TB and hepatitis are diseases that affect hundreds of millions…
Recommendations submitted by Treatment Action Group to President Barack Obama on ways to strengthen the struggle to end AIDS Demonstrate Strong Domestic and Global Leadership TAG urges President Obama to make fighting AIDS a national and global priority through…
The Union Conference provides an important opportunity for TAG to exert its activist influence on all of the key people in the fight against TB. By Javid Syed The tuberculosis universe convenes once a year at the World Conference on…
International Advocacy Update By Claire Wingfield TPresentations from TAG’s recent meeting on universal access to TB and HIV treatment, care, and prevention as well as TAG ’s Funding Trends in TB R&D 2005–2007: A Preliminary Report, are available online. The…
Just Another Initiative? By Sue Perez Despite the constant uphill battle in getting its issues on the table and our concerns heard, civil society recognizes that the International Health Partnership presents opportunities. Launched in September 2007 by UK Prime Minister…
Battling the TB/HIV Epidemic through Community Action Through advocacy workshops and by coordinating and supporting activists' advocacy efforts, TAG and ICW work together to increase community understanding of TB/HIV coinfection and enhance research, treatment, and resources to combat the two…