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Collaboration on the Development of Anti-Parasitic Drugs for Both Malaria and Leishmaniasis
[ December 14, 2005 ]
University of Mississippi , MMV, and DNDi Agree to Collaborate on the Development of Anti-Parasitic Drugs for Both Malaria and Leishmaniasis.

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Two New Malaria Treatments Available in 2006
[ Washington , DC - December  11, 2005 ]
First medicines developed by Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi) will be easier to use and less expensive than current ACTs, but action is needed to make sure the treatments reach patients.

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Read the press coverage in India
[ October 6, 2005 ]

Hindi:
Amar Ujala: Falciparum malaria se nipatney ki taiyari
Dainik Bhaskar: Malaria pf se nipatney ke liye nai dawayen
Hindustan: Dawa khojne mein madad karega
Bharat Jansatta: Malaria ki nai dawa ke parikshan par baatcheet zari
Rajasthan Patrika: Malaria wa kala-azar ki nai dawa ke liye shodh

English:
The Telegraph: Safer drug to fight malaria
Economic Times: DNDi to help CDRI hunt for new drugs

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DNDi and Indian scientists collaborate in hunt for new drugs for neglected diseases
[ Delhi, India - October 4, 2005 ]
The Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi), a not-for-profit drug development initiative, is collaborating with the Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) Lucknow to test their library of compounds for possible activity against parasites that cause deadly neglected diseases such as kala azar and sleeping sickness.

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Malaria: A new fixed-dose combination of artesunate and mefloquine is effective and well tolerated.
[ Marseille, France - September 13, 2005 1300 CET ]
DNDi presents results of Phase III clinical trials at Marseille conference.

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DNDi and leading Japanese institute collaborate to find a cure for sleeping sickness
[ Tokyo , Japan - July 15, 2005 ]
Today, Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi) signed an agreement to conduct a joint research project with the Kitasato Institute in Japan to find a treatment for human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness), a disease that kills tens of thousands in Africa each year.

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Boosting Innovation for Neglected Diseases
[ June 8, 2005 ]
Call to governments to provide significant and sustained support to bring essential new drugs, vaccines, and diagnostics to people suffering and dying from neglected diseases.

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DFID's funding of DNDi in the news…
[Geneva - March 9, 2005 ]
UK government commits £6.5 million to DNDi’s research for new medicines for neglected diseases.

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DNDi Inaugurates Africa's First Clinical Research Facility for Visceral Leishmaniasis in Ethiopia
[ Geneva, Switzerland - March 2, 2005 ]
For Immediate Release : Africa's first clinical research facility dedicated to visceral leishmaniasis (VL), was inaugurated by the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) on February 9 in the presence of the regional authorities of Ministry of Health, and members from Addis Ababa University (AAU).

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STI and DNDi Enter Agreement
[ Basel, Switzerland - January 26, 2005 ]
Strengthening Worldwide Research Effort into Drugs to Treat Sleeping Sickness. [Français]

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DNDi Welcomes WHO's Call to Halt Malaria Monotherapy
[ Geneva , Switzerland - January 20, 2005 ]
The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) welcomes the warning issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) to stop selling artemisinin as a monotherapy for malaria, and thus, to prevent the development of resistance to the drug.

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DNDi Clinical Trials for Paromomycin begin in Sudan
[ Geneva - November 22, 2004 ]
DNDi's first clinical trial site in Um El Kher, Sudan, is up and running. The first patient started treatment on 17 November 2004. Over the next 6 months, 150 patients are expected to join the trial LEAP 0104 at this site managed by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and led by Dr Manica Balasegaram.

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The gap is growing: More resources needed now for neglected diseases
[ Geneva - November 11, 2004 ]
Two important conferences convene this month that will decide the future of patients suffering from neglected diseases in the poorer countries of the world: The Ministerial Summit on Health Research, November 16-20 in Mexico City, and the Dutch Government / WHO “Priority Medicines for the Citizens of Europe and the World” meeting, 18 November in The Hague.

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Malaria patients enter DNDi clinical trials
[ Geneva - July 2nd, 2004 ]
Millions of people in developing countries still die from diseases neglected by drug development research. A year after its launch, the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi) is starting clinical trials for two fixed-dose drug combinations against malaria, and counts another seven projects in the pipeline for sleeping sickness, visceral leishmaniasis and Chagas disease.

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BEST SCIENCE FOR THE MOST NEGLECTED
[ Geneva - July 3rd, 2003 ]
New not-for-profit drug research organisation born.

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