Future Med Chem. 2012 Jul;4(11):1383-9. doi: 10.4155/fmc.12.82.
The Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases partners, including the US, UK, UAE and other national governments, along with 13 pharmaceutical industry businesses, the World Bank, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and other neglected tropical disease-endemic countries, announced that they are to join together to drive research and innovation for the treatment of neglected tropical diseases. The collaboration will see neglected tropical disease-endemic countries work alongside these organizations with the goal of fueling R&D of treatments for ten neglected tropical diseases in support of WHO's 2020 goals. Isaac Bruce, Commissioning Editor, spoke to four experts in the field from academia, not-for-profit organizations and the pharmaceutical industry, and asked their opinions on the partnerships announced and what the status of neglected tropical disease research will be at the end of this decade.
联合抗击被忽视的热带病合作伙伴，包括美国、英国、阿联酋和其他国家政府，以及 13 家制药业企业、世界银行、比尔及梅琳达·盖茨基金会和其他被忽视的热带病流行国家，宣布将共同努力推动被忽视的热带病治疗的研究和创新。该合作将使被忽视的热带病流行国家与这些组织合作，旨在为支持世界卫生组织 2020 年目标的十种被忽视的热带病的研发提供动力。委托编辑艾萨克·布鲁斯（Isaac Bruce）采访了学术界、非营利组织和制药业的四位该领域的专家，询问了他们对宣布的合作伙伴关系的看法，以及在本十年末，被忽视的热带病研究的状况将如何。
