Discovery, Development, Inventions and Patent Review of Fexinidazole: The First All-Oral Therapy for Human African Trypanosomiasis

• Main Authors: Mohd Imran (Author), Shah Alam Khan (Author), Mohammed Kanan Alshammari (Author), Ashwaq Muiedh Alqahtani (Author), Turkiah Abdullah Alanazi (Author), Mehnaz Kamal (Author), Talha Jawaid (Author), Mohammed M. Ghoneim (Author), Sultan Alshehri (Author), Faiyaz Shakeel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT or 'sleeping sickness') is a neglected tropical disease. If untreated, it is always fatal and leads to death. A few treatments are available for HAT, but most of them require a skilled professional, which increases the financial burden on the patient. Rec...