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doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7496.862

BMJ 2005;330:862 (16 April), doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7496.862

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Cheap, fixed dose treatment is planned for malaria: The Drugsfor Neglected Diseases Initiative (a non-profit drug developmentorganisation) and Sanofi-Aventis have agreed to develop a new,fixed dose combination of artemisinin based compound to treatfalciparum malaria in Africa. The target price of the treatmentis less than $1 (£0.53; ${euro}$ 0.77) for a three day course.

US doctors rebuff drug watchdog group: The American Collegeof Physicians has refused to allow the non-profit US organisationNo Free Lunch, a group devoted to reducing competing interestsin medicine, to rent a booth at its annual meeting. The collegesaid the presence of the group would inhibit dialogue betweenindustry exhibitors and doctors.

UK government to sponsor research into gel against HIV: TheUK government will provide £24m ($45m; ${euro}$ 35m) to fund aMedical Research Council trial assessing a microbicide gel aimedat preventing HIV infection in women, particularly those who. . . [Full text of this article]

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