D3 trial completes recruitment ahead of schedule!
14 Sep, 2023
The D3 trial is excited to announce that it has successfully completed recruitment in the trial at an exceptional speed. D3 is looking to see if a new tablet, a…
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PediCAP trial completes recruitment, investigating more child-friendly treatment options for severe community-acquired pneumonia
01 Sep, 2023
The PediCAP team is pleased to report that the 1100 patients required for the main trial in this study have now been recruited. PediCAP is an innovative, EDCTP funded clinical…
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Nominate now for the Penta Brighter Future Award: celebrating visionary healthcare heroes
28 Jul, 2023
Do you know someone making a significant difference in healthcare, particularly for women and children? The Penta Brighter Future Award is here to recognise and celebrate those unsung heroes who…
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Penta leads new scientific collaboration to improve treatment and reduce mortality of neonatal sepsis in Africa
27 Jul, 2023
A new European-African collaboration to improve the way infections in newborns are treated is launching today. The project, called SNIP-AFRICA, aims to reduce mortality among neonates in hospital with sepsis…
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Discovering Australia: a trip to the International Workshop on HIV Pediatrics 2023
27 Jul, 2023
A warm welcome to my blog, thank you for joining me for the conference adventures!!! Flying to Brisbane, was a beautiful journey, it was my first time going out of…
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Gilead partners with CHAI and Penta to improve treatment and adherence rates among children with HIV in low and middle income countries
17 Jul, 2023
FOSTER CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) is pleased to announce two public-private partnerships. The first will accelerate the development of an investigational dispersible pediatric formulation containing emtricitabine and…
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Large-scale cohort research project invites researchers to participate in science challenge
17 Jul, 2023
ORCHESTRA opens doors to COVID-19 related data to selected scientists Verona 17/07/2023 – ORCHESTRA-Cohort is a multinational cohort research project on COVID-19 and its long-term sequelae. The collaborative data collection of…
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Penta hosts workshops on long-acting injectable antiretrovirals for children and adolescents
05 Jul, 2023
Between the months of April and May 2023, Penta hosted advisory group meetings where young people between the ages of 15 and 19 from South Africa, Argentina, the United Kingdom…
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SMILE once-daily regimen non-inferior to triple ART regimen
28 Jun, 2023
Findings from the Strategy for Maintenance of HIV suppression with integrase inhibitor + darunavir/ritonavir in children (PENTA-17) trial, simply known as SMILE, were published in eClinicalMedicine on 2 June 2023.…
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Inaugural training session for UNIVERSAL’s Clinical Trial Management course
20 Jun, 2023
The inaugural Clinical Trial Management training program took place online on Wednesday, 14 June 2023, after 428 participants registered. The session was well attended by up to 168 clinical trial…
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Penta signs the 2022 Rome Action plan to intensify commitment to scaling up prevention, diagnosis and treatment of paediatric HIV and TB
20 Jun, 2023
On 31 May 2023, the 2022 Rome Action Plan for Paediatric HIV and TB was published, marking a significant milestone in the global fight against HIV and tuberculosis (TB) in…
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Nominations are open for the Penta Brighter Future Award!
15 Jun, 2023
Nominate your maternal and child health heroes from 15 June to 15 September 2023.
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Join the webinar “Facilitating clinical evaluation of novel products for children” on 14 June
12 Jun, 2023
We are pleased to invite you to GAP-f’s next webinar, Facilitating clinical evaluation of novel products for children, which will take place on 14 June at 15:00 CEST / 09:00 EST / 18:30…
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Global study highlights deaths from neonatal sepsis and steps to improve treatment
08 Jun, 2023
A global observational study, which involved more than 3,200 newborn babies suffering from sepsis in 19 hospitals in 11 countries, has shown that many newborns are dying because the antibiotics…
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IMI2 conect4children Consortium announces the establishment of the conect4children Stichting
31 May, 2023
The conect4children (c4c) Consortium today announced the establishment of the conect4children Stichting, a Dutch non-profit organisation, aiming to sustain the work done by the public-private consortium.
Read MorePenta announces the inaugural Brighter Future Award to honour maternal and child health champions
30 May, 2023
Penta is proud to unveil the Brighter Future Award (BFA), an annual global event designed to honour and celebrate the remarkable efforts of individuals and organisations working tirelessly to improve…
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What being a Penta Young Reporter is all about
24 May, 2023
Millions of people around the world are impacted by HIV, which remains a serious global health problem. Being engaged in HIV research provides the chance to help discover new medicines…
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Science4Pandemics initiatives to educate young people on pandemic preparedness
09 May, 2023
Science4Pandemics (S4P) is an EU-funded project that aims to educate young people on how to prevent future pandemics through a game-based learning approach. S4P needs your support! S4P is dedicated…
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