AFP Asia-Pacific welcomes Michael Mainville as its new regional director

Agence France-Presse (AFP) is pleased to announce that Michael Mainville has taken up his role as the new Asia-Pacific Regional Director as of April 3rd, 2023.

Agence France-Presse (AFP) is pleased to announce that Michael Mainville has taken up his role as the new Asia-Pacific Regional Director as of April 3rd, 2023.
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Leading scientists and fact-checking experts including AFP launch NODES, the first European Narratives Observatory to fight disinformation online

Debunking misinformation and publishing fact checks is essential but a new, unprecedented, project will soon help us understand better the disinformation phenomenon. “Narratives Observatory combatting Disinformation in Europe Systemically” or NODES is a pilot project set up by seven research and media partners including AFP, coming from four European countries and co-funded by the European Commission.

Debunking misinformation and publishing fact checks is essential but a new, unprecedented, project will soon help us understand better the disinformation phenomenon. “Narratives Observatory combatting Disinformation in Europe Systemically” or NODES is a pilot project set up by seven research and media partners including AFP, coming from four European countries and co-funded by the European Commission.
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VASTHERA Receives U.S. FDA Clearance to initiate Phase 1 Clinical Trial of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Drug Candidate, VTB-10

On August 6, 2025, VASTHERA Co., Ltd. announced that it has received Investigational New Drug (IND) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to initiate a Phase 1 clinical trial for VTB-10, its drug candidate for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a rare, life-threatening disease marked by elevated blood pressure in the lung arteries. VTB-10 is a first-in-class drug candidate developed using VASTHERA’s proprietary Redoxizyme™ platform. VASTHERA identified a deficiency of...

AFP is expanding its fact-check service to Myanmar

AFP has the largest network in the world of expert journalists in charge of digital investigations. AFP’s fact-check service is covering 36 countries. In Asia alone, 11 countries and territories in five languages, including English, Thai, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Malay and Burmese. Burmese is the 14th language to be added to the AFP Fact Check website.

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