sagitweiss

Hi, That's a great scenario indeed you are describing. I wasn't aware. I was actually focusing at first on the pre-commercial efforts as you call them, or pure medical research as I call it. Some research will reach its impact without going through commercialization, such as educative tools, prevention programs etc... So does generic drug repurposing. You can patent in some cases but this will prolong time to market by a few years and increase cost. If the price tag is low enough for philanthropic money it might be better to keep it this way. Do you think people in general are interested in getting involved in medical research? There doesn't seem to be much interest, unless I didn't formulate my question right

Hi reasonattim- thanks, I didn't know these initiatives. They are great. Actually, after the motivation to find a solution for hard to fund medical research, which is an obvious heartache, I noticed that very very few researchers campaign- my hypothesis was they were intimidated by the campaigning and not comfortable on mainstream platforms. So we address that, we support the campaigning and have a specialised platform that reflects the medical world with regard to the peer-review for example. For sure Indiegogo is open to everybody and would welcome research projects. Do you have more thoughts or feedback?