Why hasn't there been more progress in new Chagas disease drug discovery?

AB Vermelho, GC Rodrigues… - Expert Opinion on Drug …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Chagas disease (CD) is a neglected disease caused by the protozoan parasite
Trypanosoma cruzi. In terms of novel drug discovery, there has been no progress since the …

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory response to combat neglected tropical diseases (NTDs): A review

S Mukherjee - PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The availability and accessibility of safe and effective drugs, vaccines, and diagnostics are
essential to reducing the immense global burden of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) …

Using four decades of FDA orphan drug designations to describe trends in rare disease drug development: substantial growth seen in development of drugs for rare …

KL Miller, LJ Fermaglich, J Maynard - Orphanet journal of rare diseases, 2021 - Springer
Background Orphan drug designations are a useful proxy to investigate trends in rare
disease drug development. Drug developers must receive a designation before they are …

'Benevolent'patent extensions could raise billions for R&D in poorer countries

CB Barrett - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Research into vaccines, crop seeds and other innovations for low-or middle-income nations
could be rewarded by offering longer patent coverage for profitable, non-essential …

The impact of the priority review voucher on research and development for tropical diseases

C Aerts, E Barrenho, M Miraldo, E Sicuri - Pharmaceutical Medicine, 2022 - Springer
Background In 2007, the priority review voucher (PRV) was implemented in the US to
incentivize research and development (R&D) for tropical diseases. The PRV is issued by the …

Impact of the priority review voucher program on drug development for rare pediatric diseases

TJ Hwang, FT Bourgeois, JM Franklin… - Health Affairs, 2019 - healthaffairs.org
Only an estimated 5 percent of rare pediatric diseases have a treatment, although
collectively they affect more than ten million children in the US. To stimulate drug …

​ US Tropical Disease Priority Review Vouchers: Lessons In Promoting Drug Development And Access: Article examines infectious disease drug and vaccine …

DB Ridley, P Ganapathy, HE Kettler - Health Affairs, 2021 - healthaffairs.org
The COVID-19 global pandemic has devastated lives and economies. It has served as a
reminder of how critical it is to invest in preventing and treating infectious diseases. Until the …

Understanding the rewards of successful drug development—thinking inside the box

D Khullar, JA Ohn, M Trusheim… - New England Journal of …, 2020 - Mass Medical Soc
Rewards of Successful Drug Development Risks and rewards change during the life cycle of
a drug. In the innovation period, drug companies invest in developing new products but …

Association between expedited review designations and the US or global burden of disease for drugs approved by the US Food and Drug Administration, 2010–2019 …

MJ Jackson, G Vaughan, FD Ledley - BMJ open, 2024 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Pharmaceutical innovation can contribute to reducing the burden of disease in
human populations. This research asks whether products approved by the US Food and …

Clinical Benefit and Revenues of Drugs Affected by Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review Vouchers, 2017-2023

ITT Liu, AS Kesselheim - The Journal of Pediatrics, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective To determine the clinical benefit of drugs that earned or redeemed rare pediatric
disease priority review vouchers (PRVs) from 2017 through 2023, and the revenues …