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Identifying those most at risk of active TB disease becomes a priority as fatalities increase. In response to this need, PBD Biotech is announcing that it has appointed Dr Marie Roskrow to chair its board and has expanded its scientific...

Creating a shared language for talking about tuberculosis has been identified by the Stop TB Partnership as being a constructive step towards achieving the United Nations political declaration to eliminate TB by 2030.

Actiphage is the only test in development for subclinical tuberculosis that directly detects mycobacteria in the blood, it has been revealed by the TAG pipeline report

The Global Plan to End TB is a costed public health plan. It aims to cut deaths by 90% in 8 years. A key recommendation of the report is to universally replace sputum microscopy with rapid molecular diagnostics.

For some of the world's most infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis (TB), The WHO has developed target product profiles (TPPs) to assist developers of new diagnostics.

Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection that is spread by inhaling tiny droplets in the air released when an infected person coughs or sneezes. Many people carry the disease without realising, creating a reservoir of disease in a population.