Coherence for health innovation for new medicines for infectious diseases
In developing countries, 6 out of 10 people die from infectious diseases. Nearly 1 billion humans suffer from a neglected infectious disease, according to the World Health Organisation. Yet less than 1% of the new drugs placed on the market from 1975 to the turn of the century were developed for the...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Paris :
OECD
2009.
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| Series: | Development dimension.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009705192706719 |
| Summary: | In developing countries, 6 out of 10 people die from infectious diseases. Nearly 1 billion humans suffer from a neglected infectious disease, according to the World Health Organisation. Yet less than 1% of the new drugs placed on the market from 1975 to the turn of the century were developed for these diseases. This book looks at ways of improving the availability of medicines for infectious diseases through strengthened coherence in health, trade, science and technology, development co-operation and finance. |
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| Item Description: | "[This publication] brings together the report, outcomes and background papers for the High-Level Forum on Policy Coherence: Availability of Medicines for Neglected and Emerging Infectious Diseases (HLF), held in June 2007 in Noordwijk-aan-Zee, Netherlands"--P. 4. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (148 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9789264060166 9786612125799 |
