Getting R&D Right: NASEM Panel Weighs Strategies To Match Innovation With Disease Burden

A US National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine panel is considering whether biomedical innovation is aligned with public health needs. The resulting report could impact FDA and federal policy on rare disease and research and development incentives.

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Incentives exist, but are not coordinated, Scott Howell said during a NASEM meeting on the subject. • Source: Shutterstock

US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf has emphasized the key public health paradox that in an era of unprecedented biomedical innovation, the country still faces an incredibly high chronic disease and early mortality burden.

Key Takeaways
  • A NASEM committee is researching whether drug development incentives and investments are aligned with unmet needs and disease burden.

“It is a conundrum,” Califf said during the 7 October meeting of the FDA’s Science Board. “We are leading the...

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