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Fexinidazole Winthrop is reffered to as the first oral treatment of acute form of sleeping sickness (rhodesiense) which is found in East and Southern Africa.
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved fexinidazole as the first alloral treatment for both stages of the Trypanosoma brucei gambiense form of sleeping sickness (Human African trypanosomiasis) in patients 6 years of age and older and weighing at least 20 kg.
A new five-year US$ 25 million (US$ 5 million/year) financial support to prevent and treat Neglected Tropical Diseases. The development of the first oral drug, fexinidazole, in partnership with DNDi, has simplified the treatment of patients in the most remote areas.