Gene therapy is one of the fastest growing areas of healthcare with over 2,000 therapies in development globally. The new techniques could challenge some of the world’s most feared diseases, including HIV and cancer, But the enormous cost means poorer countries could miss out, and the fact that R&D is concentrated in richer countries means the therapies developed there might not always be suitable for use in other parts of the world. This episode of the Radio Davos podcast hears from a senior healthcare figure in Uganda on what needs to be done.   Speakers:   , Executive Director of the Joint Clinical Research Centre in Uganda , Hoffmann Fellow, Precision Medicine and Emerging Biotechnologies, World Economic Forum   Useful links:  Joint Clinical Research Centre   Facebook:    CRISPRpedia   Website:    WEF white paper         Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts:     Join the  Episode transcript:

Gene therapy - how can poorer countries benefit from the most expensive drugs in the world?

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As a busy mom working in tech, Ritu Narayan understood the chaos school logistics can bring to kids and parents. Her personal experience inspired her to found Zum, a startup providing an end-to-end solution for districts with optimized bus routes, one including bus fleets to match different-sized schools, and an approach that makes school transit transparent and efficient for the first time in a century. The startup was launched originally as an on-demand service and she shares the key questions that helped her pivot the company for scale -- questions that can help any founder make a big shift happen. She also discusses the unexpected impact family logistics can have on parents (such unpredictability can nudge some moms out of the workforce altogether) and how tackling that can boost opportunity for parents and kids alike.  This episode was recorded at the World Economic Forum's Urban Transformation Summit in Detroit in October 2023. 

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Gene therapy - how can poorer countries benefit from the most expensive drugs in the world?

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