Pharmaceutical Executive October 4, 2024
Mike Hollan

Dr. Wagner discusses her work with the Bill and Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute.

An unfortunate reality of the pharmaceutical industry is that profit is often more of a motivator for drug development than helping patients. As head of corporate strategy and market access at the Bill Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute, Dr. Claire Wagner works to get medications produced or developed that are sorely needed but may not fit into the typical profit-structure of a commercial pharmaceutical company.

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Dr. Claire Wagner: The COVID-19 pandemic showed some critical vulnerabilities in health systems across high income countries with strong economies, regardless of income levels. At the Gates...

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