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Bernard Pécoul

Researcher at Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative

Publications -  33
Citations -  2061

Bernard Pécoul is an academic researcher from Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative. The author has contributed to research in topics: Neglected tropical diseases & Public health. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 29 publications receiving 1709 citations.

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Fexinidazole – A New Oral Nitroimidazole Drug Candidate Entering Clinical Development for the Treatment of Sleeping Sickness

TL;DR: Fexinidazole is shown to be a short-course, safe and effective oral treatment curing both acute and chronic HAT and that could be implemented at the primary health care level and the results of the preclinical pharmacological and safety studies indicate that fexinidrazole is a safe andeffective oral drug candidate with no untoward effects that would preclude evaluation in man.
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The drug and vaccine landscape for neglected diseases (2000–11): a systematic assessment

TL;DR: The research and development pipeline of drugs and vaccines for neglected diseases from 2000 to 2011 shows a persistent insufficiency in drug and vaccine development for neglected Diseases, with a slight improvement during the past 12 years.
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New, improved treatments for Chagas disease: from the R&D pipeline to the patients.

TL;DR: The appearance of Trypanosoma cruzi in blood banks in the United States has led the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to recently issue a draft guidance on CD screening.
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“Manifesto” for Advancing the Control and Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases

TL;DR: With a global dialogue now underway, this is an appropriate time to present an eight-point manifesto about how future resources and investments should be best allocated, particularly in terms of an appropriate balance between implementation and R&D.