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A Decade of OSDD for TB:Role and Outcomes


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1 CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), New Delhi 110 025, India
2 Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi 110 025, India
 

In this article we estimate the economic benefit of open source drug discovery (OSDD) programme for its decade-long effort of developing newer and novel therapeutics for TB by streamlining the upstream research and development (R&D) of the drug discovery pipeline. The OSDD programme, presently subsumed into the India TB Research and Development Consortium (ITRDC) project led by ICMR, has opened up a novel method of asset utilization and capacity building at a negligible cost, leading to positive economic impact. The OSDD programme has also become an instrumental part of shaping the National Intellectual Property Rights (NIPR) Policy, 2016. This calls for a policy directive as programmes such as OSDD can be a powerful strategy in dealing with the excruciating disease burden of TB and other neglected diseases that countries such as India are facing.

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Drug Discovery, Economic Benefit, ITRDC, India NIPR, Open Source Drug Discovery, Tuberculosis.
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Authors

Nisha Chandran
CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), New Delhi 110 025, India
Samir K. Brahmachari
Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi 110 025, India

Abstract


In this article we estimate the economic benefit of open source drug discovery (OSDD) programme for its decade-long effort of developing newer and novel therapeutics for TB by streamlining the upstream research and development (R&D) of the drug discovery pipeline. The OSDD programme, presently subsumed into the India TB Research and Development Consortium (ITRDC) project led by ICMR, has opened up a novel method of asset utilization and capacity building at a negligible cost, leading to positive economic impact. The OSDD programme has also become an instrumental part of shaping the National Intellectual Property Rights (NIPR) Policy, 2016. This calls for a policy directive as programmes such as OSDD can be a powerful strategy in dealing with the excruciating disease burden of TB and other neglected diseases that countries such as India are facing.

Keywords


Drug Discovery, Economic Benefit, ITRDC, India NIPR, Open Source Drug Discovery, Tuberculosis.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv115%2Fi10%2F1858-1864