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Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 5, 723-729 (September 2006) | doi:10.1038/nrd2131

OutlookCan open-source R&D reinvigorate drug research?

Bernard Munos1  About the author

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The low number of novel therapeutics approved by the US FDA in recent years continues to cause great concern about productivity and declining innovation. Can open-source drug research and development, using principles pioneered by the highly successful open-source software movement, help revive the industry?

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  1. Bernard Munos is at Eli Lilly & Co., Lilly Corporate Center, 1085, Indianapolis, Indiana 46285, USA.
    Email: bhmunos@stanfordalumni.org

Published online 18 August 2006

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