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New project granted

Chamber of Pharmacists/Pharmacists' Foundation (Apothekerkammer/Apothekerstiftung) Westfalen-Lippe supports research on Natural Products against Neglected Tropical Diseases

[August 2012] The Chamber of Pharmacists, by means of the Pharmasists' Foundation Westfalen-Lippe (Apothekerkammer Westfalen-Lippe/Apothekerstiftung Westfalen-Lippe) has granted financial support for a scientific project to be carried out within the ResNetNPND. This project, carried out primarily by the groups of T. J. Schmidt (Münster) and R. Brun (Basle), is directed towards the investigation of antiprotozoal potential of phytomedicinal preparations which are already legally approved and marketed. It is expected that this screening effort may yield new potential ("off-label") applications of already existing and registered/approved herbal preparations as well as hitherto unknown new lead compounds of natural origin against the neglected tropical diseases.
The grant duration is three years. This important engagement of the Westfalian-Lippian Pharmacists in the fight against these grave diseases, hardly known in western high-income countries, is most gratefully acknowledged.