How Big Pharma Prevents The Poor From Accessing Life-Saving Medicines

How Big Pharma Prevents The Poor From Accessing Life-Saving Medicines: Diseases that kill 2.6 million poor people per year receive a miniscule fraction of pharmaceutical research money, according to a new report from Doctors Without Borders. The report surveyed all drugs approved for global use between 2001 and 2011, finding that only 3.8 percent of approved drugs were designed to treat so-called “neglected diseases,” defined [...]/p