The mismatch between the health research and development (R&D) that is needed and the R&D that is undertaken: an overview of the problem, the causes, and solutions
Open Access
- 10 October 2013
- journal article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Global Health Action
- Vol. 6 (1), 22450
- https://doi.org/10.3402/gha.v6i0.22450
Abstract
One of the most pressing global health problems is that there is a mismatch between the health research and development (R&D) that is needed and that which is undertaken. The dependence of health R&D on market incentives in the for-profit private sector and the lack of coordination by public and philanthropic funders on global R&D priorities have resulted in a global health R&D landscape that neglects certain products and populations and is characterised, more generally, by a distribution that is not needs-driven. This article provides an overview of the mismatch, its causes, and solutionsKeywords
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