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DNDi Strategy

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DNDi Strategy


WHAT IS DNDi DOING TO ADDRESS UNMET TREATMENT NEEDS?

Short term: better use of existing treatments

  • Nifurtimox-eflornithine combination therapy (NECT), the simplified treatment for stage 2 HAT, now in use

Medium term: drug candidates identified through compound mining
  • Fexinidazole: first oral new drug candidate entered clinical development from the Nitroimidazoles Project

Long term: discovery of promising new drug candidates and improved clinical research capacity
  • New drugs developed from compounds identified (i.e. oxaboroles) in discovery research and progressed through HAT lead optimization consortium to pre-clinical
  • Multi-country, multi-partner HAT Platform to strengthen regional research capacity
  • Back-up nitroimidazoles and oxaboroles

By 2014, DNDi aims to deliver from its HAT-specific portfolio:
  • 1 new combination therapy recommended by WHO (delivered)
  • 2 new drugs in development
  • A robust pipeline












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