Resources for TB diagnostic product developers
Prof Madhukar Pai, MD, PhD, of McGill University compiled links to several helpful resources, including TB diagnostics landscape and market analyses, target product profiles for priority TB diagnostics, and a list of frequently asked questions to facilitate the development of new TB diagnostic tools.
- TB diagnostics landscape reports: http://www.unitaid.eu/en/resources/publications/technical-reports#tb
- TB diagnostics market analyses:
1. Replacing smear microscopy for the diagnosis of tuberculosis: What is the market potential? Eur Respir J 2014. http://bit.ly/1To2kwW
2. Market Assessment of Tuberculosis Diagnostics in Brazil in 2012. PLoS ONE 2014. http://bit.ly/1QDkqdI
3. Market Assessment of Tuberculosis Diagnostics in South Africa in 2012-2013. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.14.0565
4. Market Assessment of Tuberculosis Diagnostics in India in 2013. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.15.0571
5. Market Assessment of Tuberculosis Diagnostics in China in 2012. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2016. ttp://dx.doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.15.0156
6. Xpert MTB/RIF for tuberculosis: access and price in highly privatized health markets. Lancet Global Health 2016. http://bit.ly/1JzWEOu
7. Potential market for novel TB diagnostics: worth the investment? J Infect Dis 2015. http://bit.ly/20sWnRl
8. TB diagnostics market in select high-burden countries: Current market and future opportunities for novel diagnostics. 2015. http://bit.ly/1ZYyAvR
- Target product profiles (TPPs) for priority diagnostics available at: http://jid.oxfordjournals.org/content/211/suppl_2.toc
- Frequently asked questions by TB diagnostics developers available at www.tbfaqs.org with answers and resources, including the above reports (open access).
