title: Managing intellectual property to develop medicines for the world's poorest.
abstract: It has been argued that patents impede the development and access of medicines for tropical diseases such as malaria. However, we believe that intellectual property can be a key tool to enable timely progression of drug development projects involving multiple partners and to ensure equitable access to successful products.
authors.affiliation: Medicines for Malaria Venture, 20 route des Pre-Bois, 1215 Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Sylvie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fonteilles-Drabek
authors.affiliation: Medicines for Malaria Venture, 20 route des Pre-Bois, 1215 Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.affiliation: Medicines for Malaria Venture, 20 route des Pre-Bois, 1215 Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Timothy N C
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Wells
mesh_terms: D055808:Drug Discovery / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D018973:Intellectual Property; D008288:Malaria / Q000188:drug therapy*; D055818:Public-Private Sector Partnerships / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration*