Open Source Drug Discovery: Global Solutions to Global Problems

Despite phenomenal advances in diagnostics, medical interventions, and therapeutics, universal access to medicines and healthcare has not been realised. While access to curative medicines for diseases such as Alzheimer’s or diabetes is limited by progress in research and development, many other dise...

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Published inAQ (Balmain, N.S.W.) Vol. 88; no. 2; pp. 3 - 8
Main Author WILLIAMSON, ALICE E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Balmain Australian Institute of Policy and Science 01.04.2017
The Australian Institute of Policy and Science
Australian Institute of Political, Science
Subjects
Chemistry
Consortia
Copyright
Diabetes
Disease
Drug discovery
Economic aspects
Health services
International aspects
Laboratories
Malaria
Medical care
Medical research
Methods
Open source intelligence
Open source software
Pharmaceutical industry
Pharmaceutical sciences
Poverty
Profitability
R&D
Research & development
Researchers
Sanitation
Secondary school students
Secondary schools
Social aspects
Social networks
Therapeutics
World problems
Australia
United States > US
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Summary:Despite phenomenal advances in diagnostics, medical interventions, and therapeutics, universal access to medicines and healthcare has not been realised. While access to curative medicines for diseases such as Alzheimer’s or diabetes is limited by progress in research and development, many other diseases are entirely preventable and/or treatable and their continued prevalence is inextricably linked with poverty. How can we achieve equitable global healthcare when disease solutions are so tightly bound to corporate profitability?
Bibliography:AQ - Australian Quarterly, Vol. 88, No. 2, Apr/Jun 2017, 3-8
Informit, Melbourne (Vic)
ISSN:1443-3605
1837-1892