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

• Main Authors: Daar Abdallah S (Author), Shah Ronak (Author), Kapoor Andrew (Author), Masum Hassan (Author), Perampaladas Kumar (Author), Singer Peter A (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<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...