A small team of Australian scientists won a rare drug approval and upended the pharma system

A small team of Australian scientists won a rare drug approval and upended the pharma system

Source: The Age

Hundreds of thousands of doses of moxidectin – which treats a disease caused by a parasitic worm – are being given to patients, the result of an audacious strategy offering a new way to develop medicine for neglected populations.

Hundreds of thousands of doses of a new drug to treat a major disease are being handed out to patients this week after a small, independent team of Australian scientists won a rare approval – upending the normal drug development pathway.
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