Tag Archives: tuberculosis

EIB Global Invests €2 Million in Vaccine Development at Akagera Medicines in Rwanda

(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB Global) has committed €2 million to support Akagera Medicines Africa Limited in Rwanda, facilitating the early-stage development of vaccines for infectious diseases, including tuberculosis, HIV, Ebola, and Lassa fever. This funding aims to … Read the full press release

Unitaid Grants Additional Funding to University of Liverpool-led LONGEVITY Project for Long-Acting Infectious Disease Therapeutics

(IN BRIEF) Unitaid has allocated over £6 million in new funding to the University of Liverpool-led LONGEVITY project, aimed at enhancing long-acting therapeutics for tuberculosis, malaria, and hepatitis C. Started in 2020, the project has achieved preclinical milestones for long-acting … Read the full press release

QIAGEN to Host Global TB Summit 2023: Advancing Tuberculosis Awareness and Action

(IN BRIEF) QIAGEN is organizing the Global TB Clinical and Educational Summit 2023, running from October 17-19, with the theme “Tackling TB together: From awareness to action.” This summit highlights QIAGEN’s dedication to combat tuberculosis (TB) and address the gap … Read the full press release

Sanofi launches more impactful Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategy

Accelerating projects on access to medicines, support for vulnerable communities, environmental conservation, and diversity and inclusion Creation of Sanofi Global Health, global nonprofit unit to provide 40 of the world’s poorest countries access to 30 essential medicines (PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 7-Apr-2021 — … Read the full press release

Genetic diversity: GSK and Novartis launch Project Africa GRADIENT to optimise treatment responses for malaria and tuberculosis in Africa

Project Africa GRADIENT calls on local researchers to submit proposals exploring the link between genetic diversity and response to malaria and tuberculosis drugs in African patients. Combined funding commitment of GBP 2.8 million (USD 3.6 million) over five years. Researchers … Read the full press release

University of Liverpool researchers to lead a multinational complex clinical challenges project on tuberculosis

LIVERPOOL, 06-Nov-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Researchers from the University of Liverpool have been awarded approximately £1.8m to lead a multinational research consortium seeking to define the best and safest treatments for patients who require treatment for tuberculosis (TB) whilst receiving second-line antiretroviral therapy … Read the full press release

The European Union and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation partner to fight poverty-related diseases

Paris, 10-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Union and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have today pledged to work together to fight HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other poverty-related diseases that together affect more than 1 billion people worldwide. The agreement, signed … Read the full press release