The Pediatric Praziquantel Consortium

The Pediatric Praziquantel Consortium is an international not-for-profit partnership that aims to reduce the global disease burden of schistosomiasis by addressing the medical need of infected preschool-age children. Its mission is to develop, register and provide access to a suitable pediatric praziquantel formulation for treating schistosomiasis in this age group. The pediatric formulation under investigation has been designed to be smaller, exhibit an improved palatability and be orally dispersible compared to the current commercial formulation. The Consortium is financially supported by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, in-kind contributions by partners and by grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (2013), from the Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (2014, 2015 and 2016), and the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (2018). The EDCTP2 programme is supported under Horizon 2020, the European Union's Framework Programme for Research and Innovation.