Drug development for the treatment of onchocerciasis: Population pharmacokinetic and adverse events modeling of emodepside.

<h4>Background</h4>To accelerate the progress towards onchocerciasis elimination, a macrofilaricidal drug that kills the adult parasite is urgently needed. Emodepside has shown macrofilaricidal activity against a variety of nematodes and is currently under clinical development for the tr...

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Main Authors: Frauke Assmus, Richard M Hoglund, Frédéric Monnot, Sabine Specht, Ivan Scandale, Joel Tarning
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-03-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010219