Thursday 22 August 2013


First prequalified medicine to treat a neglected tropical disease

Boy ingesting DEC tablet as part of a large-scale lymphatic filariasis treatment campaign in Bangladesh.
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21 August 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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