GSK offers scientists labs, data to fight malaria

NEW YORK (AP) - Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline is opening up its research cupboards and labs to outside scientists in an unusual effort to trigger more research on neglected tropical diseases.

By: Associated Press | WNCT-On Your Side
Published: January 20, 2010

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NEW YORK (AP) - Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline is opening up its research cupboards and labs to outside scientists in an unusual effort to trigger more research on neglected tropical diseases.
The British company also says its researchers should be able in 2012 to seek approval for the first vaccine against malaria, a mosquito-borne parasitic disease that kills a million people a year.
Glaxo has several drugs in testing to treat malaria as well, but it is offering scientists worldwide free access to extensive data on 13,500 other compounds that appear to work against malaria.
The company is to announce that Wednesday, along with plans to open its research labs in Spain to academic scientists wanting to collaborate in finding medicines for poor countries.

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