Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 153 pages)
,
illustrations
ISBN:
1400880149
,
9781400880140
Content:
"Vaccines offer the best hope for controlling diseases and could dramatically improve health in poor countries. But developers have little incentive to undertake the costly and risky research needed to develop vaccines. This is partly because the potential consumers are poor, but also because governments drive down prices." "In Strong Medicine, Michael Kremer and Rachel Glennerster offer an innovative yet simple solution to this worldwide problem: "Pull" programs to stimulate research. Here's how such programs would work. Funding agencies would commit to purchase viable vaccines if and when they were developed. This would create the incentives for vaccine developers to produce usable products for these neglected diseases. Private firms, rather than funding agencies, would pick which research strategies to pursue. After purchasing the vaccine, funders could distribute it at little or no cost to the afflicted countries."--Jacket
Content:
Cover ; Title ; Copyright ; Dedication ; CONTENTS ; Foreword ; Acknowledgments ; 1. INTRODUCTION ; 2. HEALTH IN LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES ; The Disease Environment in Low-Income Countries ; Weak Health-Care Infrastructure ; Malaria, Tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS.
Content:
Examples of Pull Programs Stimulating Research Advantages and Limitations of Pull Programs ; 7. PULL PROGRAMS: A MENU ; Commitments to Finance Purchase of Products and Patents ; Patent Extensions on Other Pharmaceuticals as Compensation for Vaccine Development ; Best-Entry Tournaments.
Content:
Meningococcal Meningitis: An Example of a Successful Push Program A Cautionary Tale: The USAID Malaria Vaccine Program ; Incentives under Push Programs ; 6. THE POTENTIAL ROLE OF PULL PROGRAMS ; The Effect of Market Size on Innovation ; The Impact of Financial Incentive Programs.
Content:
The Impact of Cheap, Simple Technologies 3. THE PAUCITY OF PRIVATE R & D TARGETED TO THE NEEDS OF LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES ; The Extent of R & D Targeted to Low-Income Countries ; The Scientific Potential for New Vaccines ; 4. MARKET AND GOVERNMENT FAILURES.
Content:
Why Target Foreign Assistance to Vaccine R & D? The Patent Tradeoff ; Low-Income Countries and Intellectual Property ; Social versus Private Return: Some Quantitative Estimates ; The Role of Public Purchases ; 5. THE ROLE OF PUSH PROGRAMS.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-143) and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0691121133
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780691121130
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780691171166
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0691171165
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0691121133
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Kremer, Michael, 1964- Strong medicine Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2004
Language:
English
Subjects:
Chemistry/Pharmacy
