Fexinidazole recommendation a 'huge leap' in tackling sleeping sickness

22 November 2018
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The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended fexinidazole, the first all-oral treatment for sleeping sickness.

This positive opinion is the result of a 10-year partnership between the non-profit research and development organization Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), Sanofi (Euronext: SAN) and partners in sub-Saharan Africa, where around 65 million people are at risk of the tropical disease.

"Fexinidazole is the proof that partnerships between public and private sectors can deliver safe and effective medicines"

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