Infectious and parasitic diseases cause massive health problems in the developing world. Research and development of drugs for diseases that mainly affect poor people in developing countries is limited. The advance market commitment (AMC) idea is an incentivising mechanism for research and development of drugs for neglected diseases. Discussion of the AMC idea is of renewed interest given the l...

There continues to be a need for innovative and inexpensive drugs to treat diseases of the developing world. It is also important to link academic training and research to critical societal needs. Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) is addressing both these concerns by developing a concept called “Distributed Drug Discovery” (D). This Perspective describes how D can harnes...