Needs‐Driven Versus Market‐Driven Pharmaceutical Innovation
The Consortium for the Development of a New Medicine against Malaria in B razil
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19516896 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Koichi Kameda (0000-0003-1337-6501, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 101-108 |
| Publication date | 2014-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Developing World Bioethics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1471-8731 • E-ISSN: 1471-8847 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/dewb.12056 |
| PMID | 24761744 |
| OpenAlex | W1564416037 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 9 |
The prevailing model for encouraging innovation based on patents and market‐oriented raises at least two economic and ethical issues: it imposes barriers on individuals and developing countries governments' access to medicines by defining prices that do not match their income, and the unavailability of new or appropriate products to address the health problems of these populations. In the last decade, this scenario has undergone some changes due to the emergence of new actors, the contribution of aid resources, the introduction to the market of new products against neglected diseases, the development of new governmental healthcare policies and research programs, etc. One example of such initiatives is the Fixed‐Dose Artesunate Combination Therapy ( FACT ) project consortium, which brought together institutions with different natures from both the North and the South, for the development of two antimalarial fixed‐dose combinations recommended by the WHO – artesunate‐amodiaquine ( ASAQ ) and artesunate‐mefloquine ( ASMQ ). This paper proposes to describe and analyze the ASMQ consortium, which is the result of a new pharmaceutical development approach, based on a different paradigm – needs‐driven instead of market‐driven –, collaborative, with strategic participation of institutions from the South, funded by alternative resources (public and philanthropic). Thus, it represents an interesting object of study for bioethical debates on intellectual property and innovation, and its analysis is justified in light of the current debate on ways of stimulating needs‐driven pharmaceutical innovation
Artesunate · Bioethics · Business · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Health care · Intellectual property · Malaria · Mefloquine · Political science · Biotechnology and Related Fields · Intellectual Property and Patents · Law · Medicine · Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0.22 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2021 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |