Showing posts with label Oxaborole SCYX-7158. Show all posts
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

DNDi commences Oxaborole SCYX-7158 Phase I clinical trial for sleeping sickness

DNDi commences Oxaborole SCYX-7158 Phase I clinical trial for sleeping sickness: The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) has commenced a Phase I clinical trial in healthy adults in Paris, France, to determine the safety and tolerability of a promising oral drug candidate Oxaborole SCYX-7158 (see below structure) , to treat human African trypanosomiasis (HAT, or sleeping sickness) for stage 1 and stage 2 of the disease.