As we observe World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW) 2023, the theme of “Preventing antimicrobial resistance together” serves as a stark reminder of the collective responsibility we all share in preserving the effectiveness of these…
Hospital-acquired infections pose a significant risk to the health and wellbeing of newborns, especially preterm babies. The NeoIPC Clinical Practice Network will be holding a webinar focusing on the role and potential of…
The NeoIPC Consortium is proud to announce the launch of a new surveillance toolkit to help neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) track and prevent hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) in high-risk newborns,…
There is a growing need to ensure that knowledge generated from clinical trials is shared widely and accurately. However, young people often find themselves left out of this crucial exchange…
In the heart of Munyonyo, Uganda, on October 13-14, over 140 healthcare professionals and researchers gathered for our course, PentaTr@ining Uganda 2023. The bespoke two-day programme was a rich fusion…
The D3 (PENTA 21) investigators’ meeting took place in Uganda on 12 October 2023, bringing together partners from South Africa, Spain, Thailand, UK and Uganda to discuss progress, challenges and…
The Penta/EACS HIV treatment guidelines 2023 were launched on the 18th October 2023 at the EACS conference in Poland. Guidance on preferred and alternative first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) have been updated…
A new animated video aimed at study participants explains what happens during a pharmacokinetics (PK) study. The video, which is now available to watch online in Lugandan, Isizulu and English,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…