Advisory panel, Congress move to advance FDA’s role in global health
Recently, a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel recommended that the HIV and AIDS drug Truvada be approved for HIV prevention among certain groups at risk of infection.
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Recently, a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel recommended that the HIV and AIDS drug Truvada be approved for HIV prevention among certain groups at risk of infection.
Did you know that Americans spend more money on ice cream in three weeks than the US Government spends on global health research and development (R&D) in a year? And despite this relatively modest investment in the creation of new global health tools, the United States is the worldwide leader in R&D for neglected diseases.
Mark Alderson, PhD, is the director of the pneumococcal vaccine project at PATH, a nonprofit international organization based in Seattle, Washington, specializing in global health. In this guest post, he writes about PATH’s efforts to develop new vaccines to fight pneumonia among children.