Hero in the Field: Dr. Andreas Diacon is helping accelerate the development of TB treatments
November 28, 2018
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as posted by the channelTuberculosis research stalled in the late 20th century, because existing drugs were seen as sufficient, and there was little financial incentive to create new ones. In 2005, Dr. Andreas Diacon founded an organization called TASK to help accelerate the development pipeline for novel TB treatments. They’ve overseen trials of multiple drugs that are now being used to cure patients, including some with drug-resistant TB.
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