The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Abstract #52092

Donald Light, Princeton University, 10 Adams Drive, Princeton, NJ 08540, 609-924-9220, dlight@Princeton.EDU

Current patent protections make drugs unaffordable to millions who need them, and the current structure of the pharmaceutical industry provides no incentive to find effective treatments for diseases that affect millions of people in less developed countries. This presentation will outline a new paradigm for restructuring the industry so that research is focused on neglected diseases as well as diseases of the affluent and prices are low.

Learning Objectives:

• Current patent protections make drugs unaffordable to millions who need them, and the current structure of the pharmaceutical industry provides no incentive to find effective treatments for diseases that affect millions of people in less developed countries. This presentation will outline a new paradigm for restructuring the industry so that research is focused on neglected diseases as well as diseases of the affluent and prices are low.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.