New MSF-Run Clinical Trial Starts Testing Better Treatment Options for People Living with DR-TB

Press releaseNew MSF-Run Clinical Trial Starts Testing Better Treatment Options for People Living with DR-TBJanuary 19, 2017NEW YORK, JANUARY 20, 2016—The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) began a new clinical trial this week in Uzbekistan to develop a radically improved course of treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB).The trial aims to find a treatment regimen for DR-TB that is drastically shorter, more effective, and causes fewer side effects than the current treatment options.

Source: MSF News - January 20, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Jess Brown Source Type: news