Stimulating industrial R&D for neglected infectious diseases: economic perspectives

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  • David Webber
  • Michael Kremer
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According to WHO, while 50 percent of global health research and development (R&D) in 1992 was undertaken by private industry, less than 5 percent of that was spent on diseases specific to less developed countries (LDCs). Despite this, private industry has produced major drug discoveries and developments for serious LDC disease threats, including malaria, TB, hepatitis B, river blindness, meningitis, leprosy, sleeping sickness and trachoma. Moreover, the development of globally-applicable drugs and vaccines has led to important advances in public health in developing countries.

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تاریخ انتشار 2000