A JOINT MEETING OF THE DRUG AND VACCINE TECHNICAL COMMITTEES

TFDA is intended to hold the above meeting which will be held on Wednesday, 12th April 2006 from 8: 30am at Landmark Hotel, Dar es Salaam Tanzania.

All members from drug and vaccine technical committees are invited to attend this important meeting.

The agenda items of the meeting will be:

1. Opening

2. Introduction

3. Election of the chairperson for each Committee

4. Progress report and determination of the future of Mycobacterium vaccae vaccine trial currently undergoing in Tanzania

5. Discussing draft guidelines for Application to Conduct Clinical Trials in Tanzania

6. Consideration of application to conduct clinical trials for:

6.1 Malaria Vaccine

6.2 HIV Vaccine

6.3 Artecom

7. Discussing the way forward following recent WHO news release urging manufacturers to immediately halt the provision of single-drug artemisinin derivatives.

8. AOB

9. Closing