@article{29960, keywords = {NTDs, European Commission Framework Programme, drug development}, author = {Pierce RJ and MacDougall J and Leurs R and Costi MP}, title = {The future of drug development for neglected tropical diseases: How the European Commission can continue to make a difference.}, abstract = {

In this article, the four coordinators of neglected tropical disease (NTD) drug development projects funded under the European Commission (EC) Framework Programme 7 argue that the EC should reassess their funding strategy to cover the steps necessary to translate a lead compound into a drug candidate for testing in clinical trials, and suggest ways in which this might be achieved.

}, year = {2017}, journal = {Trends in parasitology}, issn = {14714922}, doi = {10.1016/j.pt.2017.04.007}, language = {eng}, }