Anti-malarial Treatments (ACT): R&D and dissemination

Evelyne Micollier (1)

1 TransVIHMI - Recherches Translationnelles sur le VIH et les maladies infectieuses endémiques et émergentes

ACTs recommended in WHO guidelines (2005) at a global scale and still the most effective anti-malarial treatments, result from a long-term, gradual and specific process of basic research and development. ACT R&D process and the circulation of these pharmaceuticals raise but also bring about economic, science and policy issues. These issues and their links to economic development will be discussed.

Mots clés: drug development; health policy; medical research; ACT (Artemisinine Combined Therapies); history of treatments; economic development; Chinese medicine; China; Vietnam; Mekong region; anti-malarial treatments; pharmaceuticals R&D; globalisation; circulations

Domaines: Anthropologie sociale et ethnologie

Evelyne Micollier. Anti-malarial Treatments (ACT): R&D and dissemination. Research Week for Development, Oct 2014, Vientiane Lao PDR, Laos. ⟨halshs-01643794⟩