Members of the European Parliament have asked the Commission to clarify their efforts to fight tuberculosis. Sir Graham Watson and Catherine Bearder of the ALDE group, both also asked special attention for the investment model that TBVI has proposed to the EU.
While congratulating the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) on their efforts to monitor TB, MEP Catherine Bearder expresses her concern about the European struggle to meet the WHO target success rate of curing newly diagnosed TB patients. In light of this, and the damage and hardship that tuberculosis causes worldwide, both Ms Bearder and MEP Sir Graham Watson draw attention to TBVI's innovative financing model to close the funding gap to develop the most advanced TB vaccin candidates.
TBVI's funding model can be found here
Read the written question of Sir Graham Watson to the to the European Commission here