Global health, neglected diseases, and drug development -- a newcomer's perspective
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The document discusses challenges in developing drugs for neglected tropical diseases and reasons for optimism. It outlines the drug development process from early research to clinical trials and regulatory approval. New technologies like high-throughput screening and structure-based design are helping identify new treatments. Recent examples show screening millions of compounds identified potential malaria drugs, and research aims to find treatments that target multiple parasite proteins to reduce resistance risk.
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