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Assembling the pharmaceutical R&D puzzle for needs in the developing world

10 May 2012,

The IFPMA  launched the report “Assembling the pharmaceutical R&D puzzle for needs in the developing world” from the Pugatch Consilium. The report provides an assessment of new and proposed delinking initiatives aimed at encouraging pharmaceutical R&D into neglected and tropical diseases and specific Type II diseases.

The panel of experts guided the audience through key questions such as: which factors foster R&D on new treatments for diseases disproportionately affecting developing countries? To what extent is boosting R&D on these diseases possible today with the current innovation paradigm? Are there innovative mechanisms to consider? What does delinking mean? Is there a set of criteria for success that policymakers could use to assess new initiatives to boost R&D on these diseases?