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Is the priority review voucher program stimulating new drug development for tropical diseases?

Congress created the tropical disease priority review voucher program to stimulate new drug development for tropical diseases. An analysis of the pharmaceutical pipeline indicates that the development of drugs for these tropical diseases has increased. However, the effects of the program are not uni...

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Autores principales: Kerr, Kirk W., Henry, Thomas C., Miller, Kathleen L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6103519/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30092022
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006695
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description Congress created the tropical disease priority review voucher program to stimulate new drug development for tropical diseases. An analysis of the pharmaceutical pipeline indicates that the development of drugs for these tropical diseases has increased. However, the effects of the program are not uniform across all diseases, as malaria and tuberculosis have seen significant new drug development, while other diseases have not.
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spelling pubmed-61035192018-09-15 Is the priority review voucher program stimulating new drug development for tropical diseases? Kerr, Kirk W. Henry, Thomas C. Miller, Kathleen L. PLoS Negl Trop Dis Research Article Congress created the tropical disease priority review voucher program to stimulate new drug development for tropical diseases. An analysis of the pharmaceutical pipeline indicates that the development of drugs for these tropical diseases has increased. However, the effects of the program are not uniform across all diseases, as malaria and tuberculosis have seen significant new drug development, while other diseases have not. Public Library of Science 2018-08-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6103519/ /pubmed/30092022 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006695 Text en https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ This is an open access article, free of all copyright, and may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any lawful purpose. The work is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) public domain dedication.
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Is the priority review voucher program stimulating new drug development for tropical diseases?
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title_fullStr Is the priority review voucher program stimulating new drug development for tropical diseases?
title_full_unstemmed Is the priority review voucher program stimulating new drug development for tropical diseases?
title_short Is the priority review voucher program stimulating new drug development for tropical diseases?
title_sort is the priority review voucher program stimulating new drug development for tropical diseases?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6103519/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30092022
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