Research Report: Sustaining Progress: Creating US Policies to Spur Global Health Innovation – Global Health Technologies Coalition (GHTC)

GHTC released its third annual policy report which documents US leadership in driving the research and development that saves lives around the world. GHTC is housed at PATH and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. It includes almost 40 organizations advocating for research and development of tools to prevent, diagnose, and treat global diseases so health solutions are available when populations need them. The report also highlights recent scientific and policy achievements that have spurred the development of game-changing health products such as vaccines, drugs, and diagnostics. It also offers recommendations for how US policymakers can continue to make the critical investments that will produce the next generation of lifesaving health tools. The report makes recommendations in three areas: public financing, regulatory pathways, and incentives and innovative financing. http://www.ghtcoalition.org/policy-report/2012/index.php