Keeping the Promise:
Product Development Partnerships’ Role in the New Age of Health Research and Product Development
About Keeping The Promise
This report, Keeping The Promise: Product Development Partnerships’ Role in the New Age of Health Research and Product Development is a coordinated effort from 12 product development partnerships (PDPs) to highlight the unique capabilities and successes of these organizations in preventing and responding to both long-standing and emerging global health threats, including TB, HIV, malaria, a host of neglected diseases, COVID-19, antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and pandemic preparedness.
History, Impact and Future of PDPs
Product Development Partnerships (PDPs) develop new products for people suffering from diseases and health threats underserved by traditional markets. This is accomplished by building partnerships between the public, private, academic, and philanthropic sectors. PDPs have been critical in developing urgently-needed medical innovations that would otherwise not exist. These organizations are also critical to achieving global development and health security goals. The report, Keeping The Promise: Product Development Partnerships’ Role in the New Age of Health Research and Product Development, details the history and emergence of PDPs, their achievements in product development and global health impact over the last decade, and critical success factors to ensure they are able to further improve global health and promote global development and health security going forward.
Case Studies: PDPs Achieve Significant Breakthroughs
PDPs are proven, prolific engines in product development and global health progress. These case studies detail a selection of recent signature health innovations and impacts led by PDPs. Continued and increased support of PDPs will enable them to realize the promise of their portfolios by developing and introducing life-saving new medical technologies benefitting the world’s most vulnerable populations, including women and children.