Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28419094›Full record

ArticlePLoS medicine2017

An open source pharma roadmap.

Manica Balasegaram, Peter Kolb, John McKew, Jaykumar Menon, Piero Olliaro, Tomasz Sablinski, Zakir Thomas, Matthew H Todd, Els Torreele, John Wilbanks

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Article in PLoS medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Manica BalasegaramMédecins Sans Frontières, Geneva, Switzerland.
Peter KolbDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
John McKewNational Institutes of Health, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America.
Jaykumar MenonMcGill University Institute for the Study of International Development, Montreal, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-7118-7744
Piero OlliaroUNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Tomasz SablinskiTransparency Life Sciences, New York, New York, United States of America.
Zakir ThomasOpen Source Drug Discovery, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, India.ORCID 0000-0001-9296-5130
Matthew H ToddSchool of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-7096-4751
Els TorreelePublic Health Program, Open Society Foundations, New York, New York, United States of America.
John WilbanksSage Bionetworks, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-4510-0385

Funding

World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In an Essay, Matthew Todd and colleagues discuss an open source approach to drug development.

Indexed as

Consumer AdvocacyCompetitive BehaviorDrug DiscoveryDrug IndustryHumansIndiaModels, TheoreticalOrganizations, NonprofitPharmaceutical PreparationsResearchPharmaceutical Preparations

Identifiers

PMID28419094
PMCPMC5395155

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