The road to commercialization in Africa: lessons from developing the sickle-cell drug Niprisan

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Developing novel drugs from traditional medicinal knowledge can serve as a means to improve public health. Yet countries in sub-Saharan Africa face barriers in translating traditional medicinal knowledge into commercially viable heal...

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Main Authors: Daar Abdallah S, Shah Ronak, Kapoor Andrew, Masum Hassan, Perampaladas Kumar, Singer Peter A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-12-01
Series:BMC International Health and Human Rights
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-698X/10/S1/S11