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Global health is in crisis: to reach neglected patients, we need to reimagine medical research

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: Amid the current debate over the devastating impact of recent aid cuts on global health programmes, the question of non-profit development of health tools for public health needs has received little attention. Both the global health landscape and the market-based pharmaceutical research and development (R&D) system are undergoing radical shifts, which will impact the alternative medical R&D model that has successfully delivered new diagnostics, treatments and vaccines on a not-for-profit basis over the last two decades. We urgently need to find new approaches to continue to deliver medical innovations for populations neglected by the market-based R&D system.

Source: BMJ Global Health

DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2025-022292

Author: Luis Pizarro

Institution: Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative

Language: English

Topic: Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $3,679