Drugs For Neglected Diseases

This study tested whether a single oral dose of a drug called acoziborole could safely and effectively treat African sleeping sickness. The trial involved 208 patients with either early or late stages of the disease, who took three tablets and were then monitored for 18 months. R…

This study tested a new oral medicine called LXE408 against the standard treatment for visceral leishmaniasis, a serious parasitic infection. 52 adults in Ethiopia took either the new pill for 14 days or received standard injections for 17 days. Researchers compared how well each…