GB-Liverpool: LW072 Tender for Albendazole and Placebo for a Phase 2 Clinical Trial

STM, together with colleagues at the Department of Chemistry of the University of Liverpool (UoL), The University Hospital Bonn, the University of Buea in Cameroon and the Japanese pharmaceutical company Eisai, are developing a new drug to target the neglected tropical diseases lymphatic filariasis (LF) and onchocerciasis. These are both debilitating infections that affect more than 150 million people globally. The drug candidate, AWZ1066S is funded to enter a Phase II clinical trial in 2023 and the design of the trial requires the supply of Albendazole and an Albendazole placebo for use in the clinical trial.

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