First Prequalified Medicine to Treat a Neglected Tropical Disease


Posted on: Sat 24-08-2013

The Prequalification of Medicines Programme has cleared the way for a medicine to treat lymphatic filariasis (also known as elephantiasis). This prequalification is the first for a neglected tropical disease and opens the way for 100 mg tablets of diethylcarbamazine (DEC) to be used in large-scale preventive treatment campaigns.
 
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