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Global TB
Drug
Development
Cherise P. Scott, Ph.D., MPH
Director, Pediatric Programs
National Press Foundation
December 2, 2015
Cape Town, South Africa
Introduction of Child-
Previous WHO
Guidance
Current WHO
Guidance
Isoniazid
5 (4-6)
10 (7-15)
Rifampicin
10 (8-12)
15 (10-20)
Pyrazinamid
e
25 (20-30)
35 (30-40)
Ethambutol*
20 (15-25)
20 (15-25)
The guidance and policy changed, but the products available for
treatment of children did not change
Many providers must crush or chop available tablets to achieve 3
Introduction of Child-
Call to Action
Please sign the Call to Action and show your support for
a TB-free Future by visiting tballiance.org/signthecall
COMMUNITY / CARE GIVERS
- Ask about availability of new
products
- Learn about TB and its
symptoms in children
ADVOCATES
- Encourage your
country to register and
procure new products
GOVERNMENTS/HEALTH
PROGRAMS
- Quantify child TB in country
- Implement current guidelines
- Scale-up contact investigation
- Fast-track product registration
- Include Child TB in Budget and
Grants
EVERY
CHILD
HAS
ACCESS
TO THE
NEW
PRODUCT
DONORS
- Fund new products
- - Fund scale up of
effective interventions
for child TB
TB Alliance Overview
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TB Drug/Regimen Development
Discovery and Development Process
Discovery
Compound 1
Single Compound
Preclinical
Development
Phase I EBA
Compound 2
Regimen A
Compound 3
Compound 4
Compound 5
Regimen B
Drug
Candida
te Pool
Regimen C
Regimen Identification
in Mice
12
TB Alliance Overview
13
14
Optimizing known
compound classes
Developing novel
classes based on
novel targets
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Cost of Inaction
By 2030, a five-year delay in investment for new tools is estimated
to result in:
1) 8.4 MILLION
ADDITIONAL TB
CASES
2) 1.4 MILLION
ADDITIONAL TB
DEATHS
4) US$ 5.3
BILLION IN
ADDITIONAL
COSTS FOR TB
TREATMENTS
(US$ 7.5 billion
without discounting)
3) 39.8 MILLION
DALYS SUFFERED
(56.1 million without
discounting)
5) US$ 181
BILLION IN LOST
PRODUCTIVITY
(US$ 318 billion
without
discounting), valuing
each DALY at percapita GNI.
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Learn more
Please attend: Improving Access to Appropriate
Childhood TB Medicines Luncheon Symposium,
December 3, 2015, 11:45-14:00, The Table Bay Hotel,
The Ballroom
Visit us at the TB Alliance booth
Come help us paint a mural for a TB Free Future.
Dedication on Friday at 12:15 pm. Location:
Conference center, IMBIZO Hall 4B
Visit us online at tballiance.org
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Department of
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Commission
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Fund
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TB Alliance Overview
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Administration
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