research and development

In this Wonkcast, originally posted on July 2010, Tom Bollyky explains the problems that motivated him in establishing CGD’s Clinical Trials and Regulatory Pathways Working Group. The group’s final report, Safer, Faster, Cheaper: Improving Clinical Trials and Regulatory Pathways to Fight Neglected D...

News this month that an experimental vaccine cuts in half the risk of malaria in children in Africa is a welcome success story 20+ years in the making. It’s also a rare bright spot in the clinical trials labyrinth that stands between promising new medicines, vaccines, and diagnostic techniques and t...

Technology is not the answer to all the world’s problems, but advances in medical diagnostics and therapeutics have the potential to improve the lives of millions of the world’s poorest people who suffer from diseases that have few, if any, effective treatments. While recent efforts by product dev...