Sunday, April 18, 2004

Institute for OneWorld Health: A Nonprofit Pharmaceutical Company

Institute for OneWorld Health: A Nonprofit Pharmaceutical Company:

"Infectious disease remains the leading cause of mortality in the developing world. OneWorld Health's mission is to develop safe, effective and affordable new medicines for people afflicted with infectious diseases in the developing world."

This is a non-profit pharmaceutical company, functioning in part through the efforts of a network of volunteer pharmaceutical scientists. It provides a new model, contrasting with and complementing that of for-profit drug firms, which I hope will prove effective in developing new products for the poor in developing nations.

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