Analysis of the Health Product Profile Directory - a new tool to inform priority-setting in global public health.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:The Health Product Profile Directory (HPPD) is an online database describing 8-10 key characteristics (such as target population, measures of efficacy and dosage) of product profiles for medicines, vaccines, diagnostics and other products that are intended to be accessed by populations in low- and middle-income countries. The HPPD was developed by TDR on behalf of WHO and launched on 15 May 2019. METHODS:The contents of the HPPD were downloaded into an Excel™ spreadsheet via the open access interface and analysed to identify the number of health product profiles by type, disease, year of publication, status, author organization and safety information. RESULTS:The HPPD contains summaries of 215 health product profiles published between 2008 and May 2019, 117 (54%) of which provid

SUBMITTER: Terry RF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6909642 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature