research and development

Proponents of the use of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in impact evaluation and development research often point out the close link between these trials and their clinical counterparts in the world of medical research. 

Earlier this month, Ambassador Goosby officially announced that he was stepping down from his role as Global AIDS Coordinator where he led the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief for the past four years.  As my colleague Amanda blogged in anticipation of Dr. Goosby’s departur...

There was bad news in research published yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine about the effectiveness of what had seemed to be the best prospect for a malaria vaccine, known by the unsexy name of 'RTS,S'. The study of the phase III trials finds that in babies (aged 6-12 weeks) the vac...

Products to combat neglected diseases in low-income countries generate low profit margins and—without an obvious end market—research and development tend to be underfunded. In recent years, R&D funding for neglected diseases has remained low—$3.1 billion in 2010—and substantially less than the almo...