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ReviewPharmaceutics2019

Innovations in Pediatric Drug Formulations and Administration Technologies for Low Resource Settings.

Stephen E Gerrard, Jennifer Walsh, Niya Bowers, Smita Salunke, Susan Hershenson

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Review in Pharmaceutics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Antiretroviral medications for pediatric use in the context of the Unified Health System: are there therapeutic gaps in Brazil?Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo · 2025
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  11. A novel home-based method for preparing suspensions of anti-TB drugs.The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Stephen E GerrardGlobal Health and Global Development Divisions, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA 98109, USA. Stephen.Gerrard@cantab.net.ORCID 0000-0003-3491-9317
Jennifer WalshJenny Walsh Consulting Ltd.; Nottingham NG1 1GF, UK. jenny@jennywalshconsulting.com.
Niya BowersGlobal Health and Global Development Divisions, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA 98109, USA. Niya.Bowers@gatesfoundation.org.
Smita SalunkeSchool of Pharmacy, University College London, London WC1N 1AX, UK. s.salunke@ucl.ac.uk.
Susan HershensonGlobal Health and Global Development Divisions, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA 98109, USA. Susan.Hershenson@gatesfoundation.org.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite advances in regulations and initiatives to increase pediatric medicine development, there is still an unmet need for age-appropriate medicines for children. The availability of pediatric formulations is particularly lacking in resource poor areas, due to, for example, area-specific disease burden and financial constraints, as well as disconnected supply chains and fragmented healthcare systems. The paucity of authorized pediatric medicines often results in the manipulation and administration of products intended for adults, with an increased risk of mis-dosing and adverse reactions. This article provides an overview of the some of the key difficulties associated with the development of pediatric medicines in both high and low resource areas, and highlights shared and location specific challenges and opportunities. The utilization of dispersible oral dosage forms and suppositories for low and middle-income countries (LMICs) are described in addition to other platform technologies that may in the future offer opportunities for future pediatric medicine development for low resource settings.

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dispersibledrug developmentformulationglobal healthpediatricsuppository

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PMID31597277
PMCPMC6835316

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