Hello Community, and Happy Wednesday!
We've been discussing how different technologies and funding mechanisms might be considered in the context of access and distribution of complex medicines to low and middle income countries. For this week's Wondering Wednesday, I wanted to share this program that comes out of Purdue University and the Medical Missionary of Mary in Tanzania focusing on capacity building for pharmaceutical scientists in Tanzania. This was shared with me recently by @Reinhard Vehring, and I'm really interested in this concept of supporting global health through training and education and capacity building rather than or in addition to the more standard discussions around distribution and access.
What do you think? Could this approach result in the development of medicines that are more appropriate for the populations in which they are developed? Do you know of other programs with this focus? How can we as pharmaceutical scientists engage and support these efforts? What are the challenges?
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Erica Schlesinger
VP, Technical Development
Seran Biosciences, LLC
Bend OR
[email protected]Disclaimer: Opinions expressed are solely my own and do not express the views or opinions of my employer.
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