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Big Pharma Giving Away Drug Patents To Help Cure Tropical Disease

10/27/2011
Fast Company reports that WIPO Re:Search, a collaboration between The World Intellectual Property Organization, BIO Ventures For Global Health, pharmaceutical giants, nonprofits, and universities, is offering up a searchable database of intellectual property from drug companies that can aid in the treatment of diseases like tuberculosis, malaria, Chagas disease, and dengue fever. The initiative will also facilitate partnerships between participating organizations to speed up research and development. Read more
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