Healthy Skepticism Library item: 7259
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Publication type: Journal Article
Enserink M.
Drug research: WHO panel weighs radical ideas
Science 1 December 2006: 1373 2006 Dec 1; 314:(5804):1373
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/314/5804/1373
Abstract:
Critics say the intellectual property protection system puts lifesaving new drugs beyond the reach of poor patients and hampers development of new medicines for tropical diseases. A new working group hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO) will consider overhauling that system in a series of meetings beginning next week in Geneva, Switzerland.
Keywords:
Biomedical Research*
Developing Countries
Drug Industry*
International Cooperation*
Patents*
Pharmaceutical Preparations*
Research Support
World Health Organization*
