Global health is in crisis: to reach neglected patients, we need to reimagine medical research
Abstract
Amid the current debate over the devastating impact of recent aid cuts on global health programmes, the question of non-profit development of health tools for public health needs has received little attention. Both the global health landscape and the market-based pharmaceutical research and development (R&D) system are undergoing radical shifts, which will impact the alternative medical R&D model that has successfully delivered new diagnostics, treatments and vaccines on a not-for-profit basis over the last two decades. We urgently need to find new approaches to continue to deliver medical innovations for populations neglected by the market-based R&D system.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Global Health and Surgery
Biotechnology and Related Fields
Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
Publication details
- Journal / source
- BMJ Global Health
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- e022292–e022292
- Publication date
- 1 January 2026
- Language
- EN