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Bedaquiline price protests hit World Lung Conference launch

As the opening ceremony of the 49th Union World Conference on Lung Health kicked off in the Netherlands last night, protesting activists demanded Johnson & Johnson (J&J) slash its price for the blockbuster tuberculosis (TB) drug, bedaquiline.

Published
26 October 2018
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Health-e
Drug-resistant TB
Johnson & Johnson prices keep key TB medicines out of reach

As US pharmaceutical corporation Johnson & Johnson (J&J) continues to charge high prices for its newer tuberculosis (TB) drug bedaquiline, people with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) are forced to go without the best possible treatments, according to a new report—DR-TB Drugs Under the Microscope—released today by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) at the 49th Union World Conference on Lung Health in The Hague. J&J should cut the price of bedaquiline in half so more lives can be saved, said the international medical humanitarian organization MSF.

Published
23 October 2018
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MSF
Drug-resistant TB
DR-TB Drugs Under the Microscope, 5th Edition

The 5th edition of “DR-TB Drugs Under the Microscope” chronicles the changing landscape of available treatments for DR-TB, outlines the key barriers to accessing the most effective treatments, and makes recommendations for action that can improve TB care on a global scale.

Published
23 October 2018
From
MSF
Drug-resistant TB
Scientists warn of global crisis over failure to tackle tuberculosis

Heads of state, doctors and scientists will gather in New York next week to discuss one of the world’s most alarming medical crises: the failure of global efforts to tackle tuberculosis, the deadliest infectious disease on Earth.

Published
18 September 2018
From
The Guardian
TB treatment
SimpliciTB Clinical Trial Launched with First Patients in Tbilisi, Georgia

New pivotal trial examines potential of BPaMZ regimen to shorten treatment for tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.

Published
28 August 2018
From
TB Alliance
TB treatment
How smartphones are becoming a weapon in the global fight against tuberculosis

Mobile technologies devised by researchers at the University of California, San Diego, and Johns Hopkins are allowing patients to use their phones to record daily medication intake. The encrypted videos are sent to public health workers who can watch them from their cubicles, instead of traveling long distances every day to visit patients at their homes or workplaces.

Published
21 August 2018
From
STAT
Drug-resistant TB
WHO announces landmark changes in MDR-TB treatment regimens

Major improvement in treatment outcomes and quality of life of patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) are expected, following key changes in MDR-TB treatment announced by WHO today.

Published
20 August 2018
From
World Health Organization
Drug-resistant TB
MSF applauds World Health Organization's recommendation of improved tuberculosis treatment options

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today welcomed the new World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations for improved treatment for people with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB), prioritising the use of several oral drugs, including the newer drug bedaquiline, and minimising the use of drugs that must be injected.

Published
20 August 2018
From
ReliefWeb
Drug-resistant TB
Treatment with bedaquiline significantly reduces mortality among South African people with XDR- and MDR-TB

Bedaquiline-based regimens are associated with large reductions in mortality in people with drug-resistant tuberculosis, according to research conducted in South Africa and published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.

Published
16 July 2018
By
Michael Carter
Drug-resistant TB
All-access for blockbuster TB drug in South Africa

The country made history on Monday when the health department announced that all drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) patients will be eligible to receive the new medicine, bedaquiline. “The Department of Health’s [DoH] commitment on bedaquiline is momentous globally and marks a new era of DR-TB management where we are really prioritising the patient,” Doctors Without Borders’ Dr Anja Reuters told Health-e News.

Published
19 June 2018
From
Health-e
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