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Glaxo Open Sources Malaria Drug Search Data
smellsofbikes writes "GlaxoSmithKline, the world's second-largest pharmaceutical company, is putting thousands of possible malaria-treating drugs into the public domain in a move that the Wall Street Journal calls a 'Linux approach' to pharmaceutical screening. Andrew Witty, who is described as the boss of GSK, says the company thinks it is 'imperative to earn the trust of society, not just by meeting expectations but by exceeding them.' Of course, synthesis or discovery of new chemicals is cheap compared to efficacy and qualification studies, but this is a refreshing change from not handing out any information until after everything is patented."
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Sorry, but I just don't buy it.
The nature of big pharmaceutical is well known. Profit is above all else for these people.
The data that has been released can not possibly be useful in terms of developing any kind of significantly effective drug to fight / cure / mitigate malaria.
It just isn't realistic to believe that a major drug company like Glaxo would do *ANYTHING* that was altruistic.
Not possible. The data is clearly useless.
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