Quintiles will bring its clinical trial services to a global consortium supported in part by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation aimed at bringing new, affordable medicines to the world’s poorest countries.
The Durham, N.C.-based company was selected as a preferred provider to 14 Product Development Partnerships, or PDPs — nonprofit entities that work to develop new drugs for underserved patient populations.
The PDP model is largely one of outsourced drug development, from R&D through clinical trials, according to the company.