Malaysia’s very own local plant, mengkudu, has the potential to cure colorectal cancer? Let’s find out more on how this amazing discovery was made with Dr. Shamimi Nor Rashid, who is an academician and researcher at Molecular Biology Lab, Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine.

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🎥 Videographer Noor Suhaida, Syed Ghaffar, Md. Faiz Sadari
🎞 Video Editor Maryam Haris Fadzilah, Noor Suhaida, Md. Faiz Sadari

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When Malaysian farmer Ng Song Ping was diagnosed with #hepatitisC, his doctor told him that he would have no choice but to wait. Ng Song Ping waited a decade, because revolutionary new drugs were priced out of reach for #Malaysia.

In our newest short film, we tell Song Ping’s story – a story repeated countless times in Malaysia and beyond. We show how a remarkable group of partners from Egypt and Malaysia teamed up with DNDi to deliver an affordable hepatitis C treatment that can finally bring hope to those waiting for a cure.

Find out more: https://bit.ly/3FWBMPW

Thank you to all our partners including Pharco Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Health of Malaysia, Ministry of Public Health of Thailand, Pharmaniaga Berhad, Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders, Presidio Pharmaceuticals, Clinical Research Malaysia, Institute for Clinical Research (ICR) Malaysia, Institute of Medical Research Malaysia, National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) Thailand, FIND, the global alliance for diagnostics, HEAD-START project (funded by Unitaid).

Thank you to our donors Médecins Sans Frontières – Transformational Investment Capacity (MSF-TIC), Fondation ARPE Switzerland, Starr International Foundation Switzerland, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) Switzerland, UK aid, and other private foundations and individuals.

Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) is a collaborative, patients’ needs-driven, non-profit drug research and development (R&D) organization that is developing new treatments for neglected diseases. https://dndi.org