Drug Development for Maternal Health Cannot Be Left to the Whims of the Market
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
plos medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.847
H-Index - 228
eISSN - 1549-1676
pISSN - 1549-1277
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050140
Subject(s) - drug development , medicine , drug , intensive care medicine , business , pharmacology
ThePLoS Medicine Editors argue that the current business model of the pharmaceutical industry provides no incentives for the development of new treatments for maternal health, and that political will is needed to support new approaches.
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