Events 2008

Events 2008

[ December 7-11, 2008 ]
57th American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH)
New Orleans, USA
DNDi sponsored a HAT Symposium: Addressing R&D challenges in making new drugs
available for HAT: potential in the pipeline and recent clinical results”, including
presentations on HAT platform, NECT, fexinidazole, and DB289.

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Events 2008

[ October 13, 2008 ]
DNDi India Public Symposium “India: Catalyst in Drug
Development for Neglected Diseases?” - New Delhi, India
More than 100 scientists and researchers convened in New Delhi to discuss the present and
future role of India in research and development (R&D), access, and capacity strengthening
to develop and deliver new treatments needed by neglected patients.

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Events 2008

[ June 26, 2008 ] 
Stakeholders Meeting - New York, USA
DNDi’s First Stakeholders’ meeting took place on 26th June in New York and brought
together 150 scientists, researchers, academics, and global health leaders from 25
countries to discuss how international research partnerships can best develop and
deliver new lifesaving  drugs for neglected diseases.

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[ June 2008 ] 
3rd Annual Meeting of PASN - Tokyo
Leading researchers from research institutes in Asia, DNDi, and MMV met from 9 to 11 June
to share their vision to make Asia a major player in drug development for the neglected diseases
from local natural resources. This meeting of PAN4ND was co-hosted by DNDi and the Kitasato
Institute.

[ April 2008 ]
ASMQ Launch - Rio de Janeiro  
Farmanguinhos/Fiocruz and DNDi launched ASMQ, the new fixed-dose combination of artesunate (AS) and mefloquine (MQ), now registered in Brazil. Developed and delivered by a worldwide collaboration of public partners, ASMQ will soon be available throughout Latin American and Southeast Asia.
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[ February 2008 ]
10th Leishmaniasis East Africa Platform (LEAP) - Sudan
The 10th Leishmaniasis East Africa Platform (LEAP) meeting took place in Khartoum, Sudan. A solid clinical trial network is being built, thanks to the serious commitment of all members. Capacity building is still ongoing, with one site in Kenya to be built and another in Uganda to be strengthened. In May 2008, DNDi and its partners inaugurated a new treatment centre in Gondar, Ethiopia, with a 24 bed capacity.