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COVER STORY: Tuberculosis diagnostics - a new biomarker, a new generation

How R-Biopharm is redefining the fight against tuberculosis with IP-10-based diagnostics.

It kills quietly, systematically and worldwide. Tuberculosis (TB) is still the most common deadly bacterial infectious disease on earth. According to the Global Tuberculosis Report 2025 published by the World Health Organization (WHO), around 10.7 million people fell ill in 2024 alone, with 1.23 million losing their lives. 

TB is curable. The real problem lies elsewhere: in reliable and accessible diagnosis. This is exactly where R-Biopharm comes in with a new generation of an innovative Biomarker IP-10 for the detection of latent tuberculosis.

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